Metro

Veolia Transport boasts longstanding expertise in operating metro systems. For the past 150 years, subways have made a key contribution to the efficiency of transit systems in the world's largest cities. Veolia Transport is logically present in this segment.

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 The metro of Stokholm

A partnership focused on customer satisfaction

We operate traditional underground subway systems in Rouen (France) and Stockholm (Sweden).

In Stockholm, Veolia Transport operates the metro system and four light-rail train lines. Veolia Transport was the first private operator to operate metro traffic in Europe. Every day about 500,000 people take just over one million trips on the metro system.

Veolia Transport also has wide experience of operating light rail systems. In France the two largest systems are in Bordeaux and Rouen. In both cases these systems operate in the heart of the cities. In Rouen the line passes in an underground section through the city center, in Bordeaux the light rail cars operate in car-free areas of the historic city center.

Irrespective of the location and type of subway operated, certain principles remain the same in line with the objectives that Veolia Transport lays down before the network is built or responsibility is taken over. Following an expert assessment of the population's needs and expectations, the goal of our engineers and employees is to provide the best possible service.

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Constantly seeking new approaches

Veolia Transport is constantly seeking new approaches for systems that have been in operation for a long time. By working in partnership with transit authorities, existing team members, unions and consumer associations, we are able to propose improvements, for instance by delivering better passenger information or by introducing widespread access to Wi-fi services in subway stations.

Because we are part of a major international group, we are able to draw on skills and ideas from a wide variety of areas of expertise when addressing problems. The goal is to take into account specific local characteristics and constraints and to leverage solutions derived from our international innovations that can be applied and that genuinely add value to the transit system.

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Mumbai: a metro for India's business capital in 2009

 

In July 2006, Veolia Transport established a presence in India and, beginning in 2009, will be operating Line 1 of the metro in Mumbai. The city has one of the world's biggest populations and is among the most densely populated in the world. The 11.4 kilometer elevated line will serve 12 stations and interconnect with the north-south commuter rail lines entering the city center. With a commercial speed of 33 kph.

A total of 280 people will be hired and trained for this contract.

The operation Seoul subway system's line 9

Veolia Transport has won a 10-year contract to operate Seoul subway system's line 9, to be inaugurated in 2009.

The contract has been signed between the franchisee, SML9* (Seoul Metro Line 9), to which the City of Seoul has awarded the contract to build and operate this new line, and Southlink 9 Company Limited, an operating company 80%-held by Veolia Transport Korea and 20% by Korea's ROTEM group, a subsidiary of HYUNDAI Motors. Veolia Transport will recruit and train 550 people under this contract. The cumulative revenue for Veolia Transport is expected at approximately €507 million.

The 25-km Line 9, now under construction, will cross Seoul, linking the Gangnam district southeast of the city to Kimpo Airport in the west. It will have 25 stations and is scheduled to carry 760,000 passengers daily by 2013.