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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.〔(Melbourne tram and train operators selected ) ''Railway Gazette International'' 25 June 2009〕 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.〔(New train, tram operators for Melbourne ) ''The Age'' 25 June 2009〕〔(KDR starts as new Yarra Trams operator ) Downer Group 30 November 2009〕〔(Keolis Australia ) Keolis〕 On 21 July 2014, Keolis Downer commenced operating the G:link tram operation on the Gold Coast.〔〔(The Consortium ) G:link〕 In March 2015, Keolis Downer purchased bus operator Australian Transit Enterprises (ATE) which operates the Hornibrook Bus Lines, Link SA, Path Transit and SouthLink operations with 930 buses.〔(Operator ATE Sold ) ''Australasian Bus & Coach'' 11 March 2015〕 ATE's subsidiaries were reorganised to be directly under the control of Keolis Downer, while Australian Transit Enterprises became defunct. Keolis Downer also unsuccessfully bid to operate the Melbourne Metropolitan Bus〔(Public Transport Victoria announces shortlist for Melbourne metropolitan bus franchise ) Public Transport Victoria 24 August 2012〕〔(First Group named in Melbourne’s final five ) ''Australasian Bus & Coach'' 27 August 2012〕 and Sydney Light Rail franchises.〔(Tender out to deliver and operate Sydney's Light Rail Network ) Transport New South Wales 7 March 2014〕〔(Three shortlisted for Sydney light rail PPP ) ''International Railway Journal'' 20 February 2014〕 The joint venture is part of the (ACTivate ) consortium, one of two consortia in the running to build and operate Canberra's Capital Metro light rail. 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「Keolis Downer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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