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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.
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 ...
Transdev Australasia is an operator of bus, ferry, light rail and heavy rail services in Australia and New Zealand. It is a subsidiary of French-based, international Transdev . It was formed in 2013 by grouping the operations of Veolia Transport Australia (previously Connex) [ 1 ] and former Transdev together, as a result of the global ...
Melbourne's public transport system includes rail, tram and bus services. Its tram network is the largest in the world. [28] Almost 300 bus routes and 16 rail lines serve Greater Melbourne. Since World War II Melbourne has become a dispersed, car-oriented city, leading to a decline in public transport use. [29]
The Public Transport Corporation (PTC) was a Victoria State Government owned statutory authority formed under the Transport Act 1983 [1] which operated passenger and freight trains, trams and bus services. The PTC was also responsible for directly operating some bus services and procuring bus services from private operators.
The remaining bus operations out of Footscray and Sandringham depots were taken over by Melbourne Bus Link in April 1998. [4] In October 1997 in preparation for privatisation, the PTC's suburban rail and tram operations were split into separate business units, Bayside Trains, Hillside Trains, Swanston Trams and Yarra Trams.
All of Melbourne's train services operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, except the Flemington Racecourse and Stony Point lines, operate as part of Night Network, servicing all metropolitan stations except for City Loop stations and Southern Cross, which close at midnight and 1am respectively. Trains operate hourly on all lines, with some lines ...
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. [47] [48] [49] Two years later, rival train operator Connex Melbourne took over the M>Train operations including the Williamstown line.