Editing Veolia Transport (section)

====Buses====
Veolia operates buses in Israel under Veolia Transportation brand. It used to operate with both the Veolia Transportation brand and the Connex brand together in the late 2000s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tiberias Area Veolia (Connex) Buses |url=http://orenstransitpage.com/transit-photography/middle-east/israel/haifa-northern-israel/tiberias-connex-buses/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202073000/http://orenstransitpage.com/transit-photography/middle-east/israel/haifa-northern-israel/tiberias-connex-buses/ |archive-date=2018-02-02 |access-date=1 February 2018 |publisher=Oren's Transit Page}}</ref> They operate:
* [[Modi'in]]: Intercity and urban buses in a city located between [[Jerusalem]] and [[Tel Aviv]]. Formerly run by Margalit.
* [[Ashdod]]: Intercity buses to [[Tel Aviv]] and [[Gush Dan]], and to [[Ashkelon]]. Formerly run by [[Egged Bus Cooperative]].
* [[Tiberias]]: Urban and regional buses. Formerly run by [[Egged Bus Cooperative]].
* [[Yavne]]: Urban buses. Formerly run by [[Egged Bus Cooperative]].
* [[Lod]]: Urban buses and intercity buses to [[Tel Aviv]]. Formerly run by [[Egged Bus Cooperative]].
* [[Bnei Brak]]: Intercity buses to [[Jerusalem]]. Formerly run by [[Dan Bus Company]].

In 2012, Denis Gasquet, Veolia's senior executive vice president, visited Israel, where the company has reached a turnover of 1.5 billion [[shekels]] a year. After 20 years of investment in the country, Gasquet said the company had never lost a tender due to its commitment to Israel. Despite operational hitches, Veolia stated that there were no political problems with the Arabs or the Jews, and the company was "not ashamed to say that we make money in Israel."<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/business/not-afraid-to-make-money-in-israel-1.412966 Not afraid to make money in Israel] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513152953/http://www.haaretz.com/business/not-afraid-to-make-money-in-israel-1.412966 |date=May 13, 2015 }}, [[Haaretz]]</ref>

After these operations was passed on to [[Transdev|Veolia Transdev]], the buses in Modi'in were sold to Kavim in July 2013,<ref>{{Cite web |title=VEOLIA TRANSPORTATION ISRAEL STOPPED OPERATING THE MODI'IN BUS NETWORK |url=http://whoprofits.org/content/veolia-transportation-israel-stopped-operating-modiin-bus-network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928141036/http://www.whoprofits.org/content/veolia-transportation-israel-stopped-operating-modiin-bus-network |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |access-date=2016-01-09}}</ref> while the rest were sold
to [[Afikim (company)|Afikim]] in September 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VEOLIA TRANSPORTATION SOLD THE REMAINING BUS LINES TO AFIKIM |url=http://whoprofits.org/content/veolia-transportation-sold-remaining-bus-lines-afikim |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20131007031140/http://whoprofits.org/content/veolia-transportation-sold-remaining-bus-lines-afikim |archive-date=2013-10-07 |access-date=2016-01-09}}</ref>