Editing Veolia Transport (section)

====Light Rail====
[[File:Jerusalem Light Rail French Hill depot 2011-1.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Jerusalem Light Rail]] depot, [[Jerusalem]]]]
* [[Jerusalem]]: Veolia won a $500 million contract in 2003 to build and maintain the [[Jerusalem Light Rail]] system, which will comprise eight lines running across the city. It is expected to be completed by 2020. The first line, from [[Pisgat Ze'ev]] to [[Beit HaKerem, Jerusalem|Beit HaKerem]], began operation in 2011. Due to the controversial nature of the project, Veolia became a target of the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] (BDS) campaign.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-11-02 |title=Bilbao, the Basque Country and Spain Join the Palestinian Campaign for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions, Targeting Veolia |work=Alternative News |url=http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/topics/news/1391--bilbao-the-basque-country-and-spain-join-the-palestinian-campaign-for-boycott-divestment-and-sanctions-targeting-veolia |url-status=dead |access-date=2011-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314222959/http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/topics/news/1391--bilbao-the-basque-country-and-spain-join-the-palestinian-campaign-for-boycott-divestment-and-sanctions-targeting-veolia |archive-date=2012-03-14}}</ref> In September 2009, the company considering selling its share in the project to the [[Dan Bus Company]] for $15–20 million.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Avi Bar-Eli |date=2009-09-13 |title=Dan to buy 5% stake in Jerusalem light rail from Veolia |work=Haaretz |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/dan-to-buy-5-stake-in-jerusalem-light-rail-from-veolia-1.7993 |access-date=2011-12-27}}</ref> In October 2010, it agreed to sell its stake to [[Egged (company)|Egged]] instead. As a result, Dan sued Veolia.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Avi Bar-Eli |date=2010-11-25 |title=Dan suing as Veolia rides with Egged |work=The Marker |url=http://english.themarker.com/dan-suing-as-veolia-rides-with-egged-1.326654 |url-status=dead |access-date=2011-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128114728/http://english.themarker.com/dan-suing-as-veolia-rides-with-egged-1.326654 |archive-date=2010-11-28}}</ref> After the operation was passed on to [[Transdev|Veolia Transdev]], the sale to Egged was finally approved in August 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Transdev exits Jerusalem light rail project |newspaper=Financial Times |date=30 August 2015 |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed506b0c-4f37-11e5-b029-b9d50a74fd14.html#axzz3wNc5ZiHd |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/DEELA |archive-date=2022-12-10 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2016-01-06}}</ref>