Keolis Downer

Keolis Downer
Joint venture
Industry Public transport
Founded 30 November 2009
Headquarters Melbourne
Area served
 Australia
Products Bus & tram operator
Owner Keolis
Downer Rail
Subsidiaries G:link
Hornibrook Bus Lines
LinkSA
Path Transit
SouthLink
Yarra Trams
Website keolisdowner.com.au

Keolis Downer is a joint venture between Keolis, the largest private sector French transport group, and Downer Rail, an Australian railway engineering company, that operates bus and tram services in Australia.

History

Keolis Downer commenced trading on 30 November 2009, when the joint venture commenced operating the Yarra Trams franchise on the Melbourne tram network.[1] The contract is for eight years contract, with an option to extend for a further seven years. KDR continue to operate under the Yarra Trams name that had been used by TransdevTSL.[2][3][4]

On 21 July 2014, Keolis Downer commenced operating the G:link tram operation on the Gold Coast.[4][5] In March 2015, Keolis Downer purchased bus operator Australian Transit Enterprises which operated the Hornibrook Bus Lines, Link SA, Path Transit and SouthLink operations with 930 buses.[6]

Keolis Downer also unsuccessfully bid to operate the Melbourne Metropolitan Bus,[7][8] Sydney Light Rail franchises.[9][10] and Capital Metro light rail.[11]

References

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