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Connex Melbourne was a train operator in Melbourne, Australia. Formed in July 1998 as Hillside Trains, a business unit of the Public Transport Corporation, it was privatised in August 1999 becoming a subsidiary of Connex. In April 2004, it became the sole operator of Melbourne suburban rail services, taking over the services of M>Train.
In 2002, M>Train was placed into receivership and the state government regained ownership of the line, with KPMG appointed as receivers to operate M>Train on behalf of the state government. [27] [28] [29] Two years later, rival train operator Connex Melbourne took over the M>Train operations including the Williamstown line.
[7] [8] Some operations such as Connex Melbourne retained the Connex name and logo. In 2007, the group posted revenues of €5.6 billion, [9] and sold Veolia Cargo, the rail freight branch of Veolia Transport in 2009 to SNCF and Eurotunnel. [10] A merger between Veolia Transport and the old Transdev was announced on 23 July 2009. [11]
The line carried many of the Atlantic Coast Line's passenger and freight trains though the years. Many of the company's passenger trains on the main line were from the northeast to Florida, which included: [1] [4] Champion (New York - Tampa/St. Petersburg, and New York - Miami) Everglades (New York – Jacksonville)
The Stony Point line is a commuter railway line in the outer metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [1] Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, it is the city's only diesel service on the metropolitan network and the tenth longest line at 31 kilometres (19 mi).
Hillside Trains → 1999 Connex Melbourne → 2009 Metro Trains Melbourne Swanston Trams → 1999 National Express ( M>Tram ) → 2002 State Government, receivers appointed → 2004 TransdevTSL → 2009 Keolis Downer
In 2002, M>Train was placed into receivership and the state government regained ownership of the line, with KPMG appointed as receivers to operate M>Train on behalf of the state government. [48] [49] [50] Two years later, rival train operator Connex Melbourne took over the M>Train operations including the Williamstown line.
Metro Trains Melbourne, often known simply as Metro, is the operator and brand name of train services on the electrified metropolitan rail network serving the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the largest urban rail network in Australia , with 17 lines and 221 stations across 405 km (252 mi) of railways, and the second busiest ...