Keolis

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Keolis
Websitekeolis.com/en/

Keolis is a French transportation company that operates public transport systems all over the world. It manages bus,

car parks, water taxi, cable car, trolleybus, and funicular services. Based in Paris, France, the company is 70% owned by SNCF and 30% owned by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
.

Keolis operates a number of networks in France (

Transpole in Lille, and the entire mobility chain in Dijon). Internationally, it manages buses in several cities in Sweden, central and eastern regions of the Netherlands, and in the United States. It also manages various rail networks internationally, such as the commuter rail in Boston, the Hyderabad Metro, the Melbourne tramway, the Docklands Light Railway in London, the Pujiang line (Shanghai Metro), the Nottingham tramway, and the Manchester tramway
.

History

Origins

Keolis was formed from several former companies:

These companies underwent a series of reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, which resulted in two companies: VIA-GTI [fr], focused primarily on urban transport, and Cariane, specialized in interurban public transport.

Creation and development in the 2000s

In 1999, SNCF became the leading shareholder in VIA-GTI, which merged with Cariane in 2001 to become Keolis. In 2005, through its stake in GoVia, Keolis became co-owner of the South Eastern rail franchise in the United Kingdom. In 2006, Keolis won the franchise for Hellweg Net in Germany and later on for Maas-Rhein-Lippe Net and Teutoburger-Wald Net in Deutschland and Nederland. In 2007, Keolis acquired City-Trafic in Denmark. In 2008, Keolis took control of Eurobus Holding in Belgium. In 2009, Keolis set up operations in Melbourne, Washington, D.C., Bergen and Bordeaux. In 2010, EFFIA (car parks company) became a Keolis subsidiary.

Since 2010

In 2012, Keolis acquired 100% of Syntus in the Netherlands and Orléans Express in Canada. The company also set up operations in Hyderabad, India. In 2013, Keolis won part of the Las Vegas urban network. In 2014, Keolis won a 30-year public-private partnership contract to maintain and operate the Ion rapid transit in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

In the same year, Keolis won the operations and maintenance contract for Metrolink, the United Kingdom's largest tramway network, in Manchester,[1] and was also selected by Foothill Transit to operate and maintain the Municipal Transit Network for the Eastern San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County .[2]

The company also expanded in the Asian market , starting operation of

RATP Dev and the Qatar Hamad Group, the contract to operate and maintain Qatar's first public transport network, including the operation of the future automatic metro in Doha and the tramway network in the new city of Lusail.[3]

In 2018, the company generated revenues of €5.9 billion and had 63,000 employees.[4] Keolis has been led by Marie-Ange Debon since September 2020.[5]

In 2018, Keolis started operating the Pujiang metro line (formerly known as 8.3), the first automatic metro line in the Shanghai network,[6] and started a contract to operate the Wales & Borders rail network in Wales until the nationalisation of day to day services in February 2021, with Keolis retaining a partnership with the new national operator until the original contract expires.[7][8]

Operations

Keolis Downer trams at Flinders Street station in February 2013

Australia

Main article: Keolis Downer

Keolis holds a 51% shareholding in Keolis Downer, which has operated the Melbourne tram network since November 2009.[9][10] Keolis Downer has operated the G:link light rail line on the Gold Coast since July 2014.[11]

In March 2015, Keolis Downer purchased bus operator

LinkSA, Path Transit and SouthLink operations with 930 buses.[12] During July 2017, Keolis Downer trading as Newcastle Transport took over the Newcastle Buses & Ferries business under a 10-year contract.[13][14] Newcastle Transport also operates the Newcastle Light Rail since February 2019. In October 2019, the Government of New South Wales announced that the bus operations of State Transit were to be contracted out to the private sector.[15] During May 2021, Keolis Downer was awarded the contract to operate Sydney Bus Region 8.[16] Keolis Downer Northern Beaches (KDNB) commenced operating on 31 October 2021 with its contract to run for eight years.[17]

Canada

Keolis Canada operates as a subsidiary of Keolis America. The majority of its Canadian operations are located in Montreal, where it operates the

Montreal Airport for Air France and KLM
passengers.

From 2004 to 2012, the company also operated Acadian Lines intercity buses in The Maritimes. The latter services have since been taken over by independent operator Maritime Bus.

Keolis is a partner in the

Waterloo Region
, Ontario.

China

In China, Keolis and Shanghai Shentong Metro Group, the owner of

Songjiang
Region, a suburb west of Shanghai downtown, in 2020.

An agreement had been signed between Keolis and Hubei Government, and Keolis will be responsible for Greater Wuhan area's suburban railway operation.[20]

Denmark

Keolis Danmark is the second biggest bus operator in Denmark with 500 buses and 1,500 employees. Keolis entered the Danish market in 1999 when they bought 49% of the Danish bus operator City-Trafik.

Nettbuss Danish subsidiary in a joint venture,[23] Keolis owning 75% while Nettbuss held a 25% stake, until the merger was accepted by the Danish authorities. The former City-Trafik was named Keolis Bus Danmark and the former Nettbuss Danmark was named Keolis Danmark. During late 2014, the Danish authorities accepted the merger, permitting the two companies to merge as Keolis Danmark in the following year. During 2015, Keolis was also awarded a contract to operate the first tram in Denmark in Aarhus, which was set to open two years later. In 2016, Keolis SA bought the last 25% of the shares from Nettbuss AS, making Keolis Danmark a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keolis[24]

France

Keolis has extensive operations in France. It provides transit services in many cities including

Etampes and Avrainville.[25]

Germany

Stadler Flirt
Class 428 in Westönnen, 2009

Keolis held a majority (60/40) stake with

Stadler Flirt electric multiple units and Bombardier Talent diesel cars to serve these lines. During December 2007, the joint venture was dissolved; at this point, Rhenus took ownership of the bus operations and two railway contracts while Keolis gained full ownership of Eurobahn and the remaining contracts.[27][28]

In October 2021, Keolis announced its intention to divest Eurobhan and withdraw from the German market.[29][30] It was sold to a subsidiary of the law firm Noerr during December 2021.[31]

India

Main article:
Hyderabad Metro Rail

In 2012, Keolis was awarded the Operation and Maintenance contract of the

Hyderabad Metro Rail project.[32] This contract marked Keolis's foray into the Indian market. The Hyderabad Metro Rail Project is valued at 220 billion. Keolis Hyderabad, along with L&T, commenced metro rail operations from 27 November 2017.[33]

Netherlands

Main article: Keolis Nederland
Stadler Flirt EMU at Almelo de Riet station

Keolis's subsidiary in Netherlands is Keolis Nederland, originally named Syntus.

In 1999, Keolis commenced operations in the Netherlands through a 33% shareholding in Syntus.[34] During 2007, this stake was increased to 50%.[35] In 2012, Keolis purchased Nederlandse Spoorwegen's 50% share in the venture, thus acquiring full control of Syntus.[36][37] The Syntus brand was retired in October 2017 and replaced by the Keolis Nederland brand.[38][39][40]

Norway

Main article: Keolis Norge

Keolis's subsidiary in Norway was Keolis Norge. It was first formed in 2008 as Fjord1 Partner, a joint venture between Fjord1 Nordvestlandske (49%) and Keolis Nordic (51%).[41]

In April 2014, Fjord1 sold their shares to Keolis; to mark this change, the company was rebranded as Keolis Norge AS.[42] On 6 September 2022, DSD AS, the owner of Tide Buss announced they would buy out all shares in Keolis Norge and take over the running of all their contracts, leaving the company defunct. [43]

Qatar

On 7 December 2017, Qatar Rail, the Qatari national public transport operator, awarded RKH Qitarat — the joint venture based on a consortium between RATP Dev and Keolis (49%) and the Qatari company Hamad Group (51%) — the operations and maintenance contract for the new automated metro of Doha, the capital of Qatar, and a light rail network in Lusail, the second largest city in Qatar, located 15 km from Doha’s city center.[3]

Sweden

Västtrafik Keolis MAN Lion's City G NG313 CNG operating a line 52 service in Kungsportsavenyn, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Keolis Sverige was founded in 2003 when Keolis bought 70 % of Busslink. The remainder was acquired in 2010. Keolis Sverige is second largest operator in Swedish bus market.[44] Keolis Sverige operates 1000 SL bus in Stockholm and 1800 buses in rest of Sweden.[45]

United Kingdom

Southern Class 377 at Battersea Park
in June 2010

In the United Kingdom, Keolis owns 35% of

Southeastern and London Midland.[46][47][48] Keolis also had a 45% shareholding in First TransPennine Express from February 2004 until March 2016. Upon being re-tendered, FirstGroup took full control.[49][50]

During 2012, Keolis lodged a joint bid with SNCF for the aborted InterCity West Coast franchise.[51] In 2014, in partnership with Eurostar, the company submitted a bid for the InterCity East Coast franchise;[52][53] however, the franchise was awarded to Stagecoach Group/Virgin Group, who trading as Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC).[54]

In partnership with Amey, Keolis operates both the Docklands Light Railway and Manchester Metrolink concessions.[55][56] Furthermore, Keolis is part of the Tramlink Nottingham consortium that commenced operating the Nottingham Express Transit tram operation in December 2011.[57][58] Specifically, operations have been sub-contracted to Nottingham Trams Limited, a consortium of Keolis (80%) and Wellglade (20%).[58]

In May 2018, the Wales & Borders franchise was awarded to KeolisAmey Wales, who received a contract valued at £5 billion covering a 15-year period starting on 14 October 2018.[59] This contract included the provision of investment in the Welsh network, including £800M into new rolling stock, £194M to modernise 247 stations and build five new Metro stations, the running of 285 extra services between Monday and Friday along with 294 extra Sunday services.[60]

On 14 October 2018,

nationalised by the Welsh Government and transferred to a publicly owned operator of last resort, Transport for Wales Rail, with Amey retaining an involvement in delivering key infrastructure projects related to the Core Valley Lines.[63]

United States

Keolis America is based in Boston, Massachusetts. It does business as Keolis North America, operating public transportation contracts in both the U.S. and Canada. In the U.S., its subsidiaries operate commuter rail systems in Virginia and Massachusetts, as well as fixed-route and shuttle bus systems in several states. In Nevada, Keolis operates bus services along the Las Vegas strip through a contract with the Regional Transportation Commission.[citation needed]

On 16 October 2009, the

Second World War before the Keolis contracts could move forward.[66] The operator of the train line, Amtrak, also challenged the propriety of hiring a foreign company.[65]

It has also bid to run some California commuter rail segments and two MARC lines in Maryland, even though with the latter, the company is running into similar issues with the VRE bidding. Another group of Holocaust survivors, led by now-deceased Leo Bretholz also requested investigations of SNCF's involvement in the conflict.[67] As a result, a law was passed to enforce this, leading to major criticism because SNCF had already documented their role in the deportation and had in fact released their archives for research and educational purposes in 1996.[68] Eventually however, Keolis would lose to Canadian company Bombardier Transportation.[69]

On 29 November 2011, Keolis Transit America, Keolis' US subsidiary, announced acquisition of Tectrans Inc., a California-based privately held provider of contract transportation services. Tectrans holdings included in the acquisition included Mobility Plus Transportation, Western Transit Systems, and Diversified Transportation.[70] Keolis bus operations in the United States include Foothill Transit, OC Bus, Tri-Rail Commuter Connectors, and RTC.

On 8 January 2014, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority awarded Keolis Commuter Services a contract to operate 664 miles of passenger service[71] for $2.68 billion over eight years, with the possibility for two two-year extensions that could bring the total price to $4.3 billion. It began operating the MBTA Commuter Rail on 1 July 2014.[72]

Corporate responsibility and strategy

The firm is expanding into new markets (through public

calls for tenders
in France and worldwide) and launching innovative initiatives in mobility.

Autonomous shuttles and automated metro systems

The company's main innovations in public transport operations are

automated metro
systems:

  • Public transport services by self-driving shuttle (through a partnership with Navya, a French manufacturer of self-driving shuttles), which started in September 2016 in Lyon. Keolis currently runs self-driving shuttle services in France and worldwide, particularly in La Défense and Las Vegas.[73]
  • Automated metro systems in Shanghai[74] and Hyderabad.[75]

Digital services

Keolis offers trip planning, booking and payment services:

  • The launch in 2015 of the Plan Book Ticket digital app, which combines “plan” features to organize trips, “book” features to reserve them and “ticket” features to obtain and validate a ticket directly using a smartphone[76]
  • The Launch in 2018 of an open payment solution on the Dijon transport network (bank cards can now be used as tickets)[77]
  • The introduction of the HelloGo app, which enables passengers to plan, reserve and purchase their tickets for all modes of transport in Utrecht[78]

Corporate responsibility

Electromobility and alternative energies

Keolis uses

alternative energies
on several of its networks:

Transport for passengers with reduced mobility

Keolis operates transport services for

passengers with reduced mobility, such as PAM75 in Paris and PAM94 in the Val-de-Marne
department of France.

Key data

Keolis generated revenues of €5.4 billion in 2017. Net profits (group share) amounted to €51 million.

Keolis transports 3 billion passengers annually. International business represents 45% of the company's revenues

In 2017, the company had 63,000 employees in France and worldwide.

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