Editing Veolia Transport (section)

{{Short description|Transport services division of Veolia Environnement}}
{{about|the company that operated until 2011|the company that operated as Veolia Transdev|Transdev}}
{{Infobox company
|name          = Veolia Transport
|image         = Veolia Lok 37 513 und 514 Biel 03 08.jpg
|image_size    = 250px
|image_caption = Veolia Lok
|logo          = Veolia-transport-logo.svg
|type          = [[Division (business)|Division]]
|slogan        = 
|fate          = Merged with original [[Transdev]]
|foundation    = 1876 (1997)
|defunct       = 2011
|location      = [[Paris]], France
|key_people    = [[Henri Proglio]] (Chairman and [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])
|num_employees = 83,654 (2009)
|products      = [[Transportation]] as Veolia Transportation
|industry      = [[Transportation]] [[Service (economics)|Services]]
|revenue       = 6.1 billion [[euro|EUR]] (2009)
|parent        = [[Veolia]]
|homepage      = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110225104907/http://www.veolia-transport.com/en/ www.veolia-transport.com]}}

'''Veolia Transport''' (formerly '''Connex''' and '''CGEA Transport''') was the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company [[Veolia]] until the 2011 merger that gave rise to [[Transdev|Veolia Transdev]], later renamed Transdev.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-03-01 |title=VEOLIA TRANSDEV : NAISSANCE DU 1ER ACTEUR PRIVÉ MONDIAL DE LA MOBILITÉ DURABLE |url=http://www.veoliatransdev.com/fr/espace-medias/communiques/2011-03-03,finalisation-veoliatransdev.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516225656/http://www.veoliatransdev.com/fr/espace-medias/communiques/2011-03-03,finalisation-veoliatransdev.htm |archive-date=2011-05-16 |access-date=2011-04-06 |publisher=eurailpress.de}}</ref> Veolia Transport traded under the brand names of Veolia Transportation in North America and Israel, Veolia Transport, [[Veolia Verkehr]] in Germany and with the former name Connex preserved in [[Lebanon]], [[Connex Melbourne|Melbourne]] (until it ceased operations in 2009) and [[MyBus|Jersey]] (until it ceased operations on 31 December 2012) .

Until 2011, Veolia had diverse road and rail operations across the globe, employing 72,000 workers worldwide and serving completely or partly about 40 metropolitan areas with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants.