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Connex Melbourne was a wholly owned subsidiary of Veolia Environnement, which had a franchise from the State Government of Victoria to operate all suburban passenger rail services in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In August 2007, Connex's contract was extended until November 2009. Connex lost the bid to renew its contract to Metro Trains Melbourne who took over the network on 30 November 2009.〔(Putting the Public Interest back into Public Transport ) Swinburne Institute for Social Research〕 As at August 2009, Connex Melbourne operated 15 train lines, 331 trains, 12,909 weekly services, and carried about 720,000 passengers each weekday. In 2008/09, 214 million passenger trips were made.〔(Connex Melbourne: Fast Facts )〕 ==History== Melbourne Transport Enterprises (later Connex Melbourne) was awarded a franchise to operate the then government-owned Hillside Trains rail services in Melbourne's eastern and north-east suburbs in August 1999. The franchise for the southern parts of Melbourne's suburban train network was awarded to National Express Group trading as Bayside Trains and later M>Train). On 22 December 2002, National Express withdrew from its operations in Victoria, and the State Government took control temporarily.〔(National Express walks out of Australian rail service ) ''The Telegraph'' (London) 17 December 2002〕〔(Nat Express pull back Down Under ) ''The Telegraph'' (London) 3 September 2004〕 Early in 2003 the Government began negotiations with Connex to assume responsibility for all Melbourne's metro train network. A new partnership agreement was reached in February 2004 that awarded Connex the exclusive right to operate Melbourne's entire metro train network from 18 April 2004.〔(Connex Awarded Melbourne Train Contract ) Connex 19 February 2004〕 In August 2007 Connex's contract was extended until 29 November 2009. Veolia Transport was short listed to bid for the new franchise but lost to the Metro Trains Melbourne consortium and ceased operations on 29 November 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Connex Melbourne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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