Keolis Norge
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 Bergen Light Rail, operated by Keolis Norge. | |
| Formerly | Fjord1 Partner AS |
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| Company type | Aksjeselskap |
| Industry | Public transport |
| Founded | Bergen, Norway (29 August 2008) |
| Headquarters | Bergen , Norway |
Key people | |
| Services | |
| Parent | Keolis Nordic AB |
| Website | keolis |
Keolis Norge is the Norwegian subsidiary of Keolis, holding the contract to operate the Bergen Light Rail and the Bergen Sentrum bus contract for Skyss.
History
[edit]The company was established in 2008 as Fjord1 Partner AS, a joint venture between Fjord1 Nordvestlandske (49%) and Keolis Nordic AB (51%), a Keolis holding company for its Nordic operations, with the goal of bidding for the Bergen Light Rail contract and other PSO contracts for bus transport in the Bergen area.[1]
The contract was announced on 2 April 2009, after Fjord1 Partner had beaten NSB, Tide Bane (Tide with HTM Personenvervoer) and Veolia Transport Bane for the contract.[2] The infrastructure and the Variobahn vehicles are owned by Vestland Fylkeskommune, while the operation subsidies are managed by Skyss, a county agency responsible for all public transport subsidies in Vestland.
In 2014, Fjord1 sold their shares to Keolis, and the company changed its name to Keolis Norge AS.[3]
In June 2019, the company was awarded the tender for driving buses in the route area Bergen Sentrum, starting on 1 December 2020. This includes driving amongst other vehicles 112 electric buses, of which 102 battery buses from Yutong and ten trolley buses from Solaris.[4][5]
On September 6, 2022, DSD AS, the owner of Tide Buss, announced they would buy out all shares and take over the running of all their contracts, leaving Keolis Norge defunct. [6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Årsrapport 2008" (PDF). Fjord1. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2012.
- ^ "Concordia skal køyre buss i Nordhordland" (PDF). Skyss. 31 October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Fjord1 Partner in Bergen becomes Keolis Norge, a 100% subsidiary of Keolis SA". Keolis. 30 April 2014. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Keolis vant Bergen Sentrum". Bussmagasinet. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Historisk med 112 elbussar i Bergen". Vestland fylkeskommune. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "DSD, eier av Tide, kjøper buss- og bybaneselskapet Keolis i Norge".