Editing Veolia Transport (section)

===Australia===
'''Connex''' changed its name to the same as its French parent company's, '''Veolia''', in January 2006. Branding on buses and trains was changed to reflect this position, with the exception of [[Connex Melbourne]]. [[Revenue|Turnover]] for Australia was over [[Australian dollar|A$]]635 million.
* [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]: Veolia operated as [[Transdev Queensland|Veolia Transport Brisbane]] after purchasing [[National Bus Company (Australia)|National Bus Company]]'s business in September 2004.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/03/1093939139187.html?from=storylhs National Express sells buses] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041102084513/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/03/1093939139187.html?from=storylhs |date=November 2, 2004 }} ''The Age'' (Melbourne) 22 September 2004</ref><ref>[http://www.finance.veolia.com/press-release-118.html Connex pursues further development in Australia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414203551/http://www.finance.veolia.com/press-release-118.html |date=April 14, 2016 }} Connex press release 7 September 2004</ref>
* [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]: [[Connex Melbourne]] operated the franchise for operating half of [[Railways in Melbourne|Melbourne's suburban rail system]], later extending to the entire network in 2004. The contract expired on 30 November 2009.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/national/new-train-tram-operators-for-melbourne-20090625-cxgx.htm "New train, tram operators for Melbourne" ''[[The Age]]''{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 25 June 2009</ref>
* [[Perth]], [[Western Australia]]: Veolia purchased [[Transdev WA|Southern Coast Transit]] from [[National Bus Company (Australia)|National Bus Company]] in 2004.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130616072841/http://www.busnews.com.au/news/articleid/64237.aspx Connex acquires Brisbane and Perth companies] Australasian Bus & Coach</ref>
* [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]:<ref>{{Cite web |title=New South Wales |url=http://www.veoliatransport.com.au:80/index.php?id=263 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021092704/http://www.veoliatransport.com.au/index.php?id=263 |archive-date=21 October 2009 |access-date=1 February 2018 |publisher=Veolia Transport Australia |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
** Veolia operated a commuter bus services in [[Southern Sydney|south]] and [[south-western Sydney]] as [[Transdev NSW|Veolia Transport NSW]], formerly Connex Southtrans and Connex NSW, after purchasing Southtrans in September 1999.<ref>[http://fleetlists.busaustralia.com/index-tdv.php Transdev NSW] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409121128/http://fleetlists.busaustralia.com/index-tdv.php |date=April 9, 2016 }} Australian Bus Fleet Lists</ref>
** Veolia also operated the [[Sydney Monorail]] and [[Light rail in Sydney|light rail network]] as Veolia Transport Sydney, on behalf of [[Metro Transport Sydney]] since August 1998. It was CGEA Transport's first venture into Australia and first operated as CGEA Transport Sydney. It also owned 51% of the monorail between 1998 and 2001.<ref>[http://data.iguana2.com/hastings/news-item?Number=139955&Code=AIX Stock Exchange Announcement] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305221841/http://data.iguana2.com/hastings/news-item?Number=139955&Code=AIX |date=March 5, 2016 }} Australian Infrastructure Fund 11 August 1998</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Overview of Connex Worldwide and in Australia |url=http://www.metrolightrail.com.au:80/about/company.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030425123814/http://www.metrolightrail.com.au/about/company.html |archive-date=25 April 2003 |access-date=1 February 2018 |publisher=Metro Light Rail |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

With the exception of Connex Melbourne, the other Veolia Transport operations have since been passed on to [[Transdev|Veolia Transdev]] and grouped to form its Australasian subsidiary [[Transdev Australasia]] (together with Veolia Auckland and [[Transdev (historic)|old Transdev]]).

Between August 2001 and 2003, Connex also briefly owned 50% of [[West Coast Railway (Victoria)|West Coast Railway]] which operated services between [[Southern Cross railway station|Melbourne]] and [[Warrnambool railway station|Warrnambool]].<ref>[http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/connex-still-expanding.html Connex still expanding] ''Railway Gazette International'' September 2001 page 570</ref><ref>"Intelligence" ''Railway Gazette International'' December 2003 page 763</ref>