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Veolia Transport Auckland Limited

Type	Private company
Founded	2004
Headquarters	Auckland, New Zealand
Area served	Auckland, New Zealand
Industry	Public transport in Auckland
Services	Suburban rail services
Parent	Veolia
Website	www.veoliatransport.co.nz

A Veolia ADL/ADC class DMU at Britomart Transport Centre.

Veolia Transport Auckland, formerly Connex Auckland Limited, is a division of Australasia's largest passenger train company, French-owned Veolia. It runs Auckland's urban passenger trains under contract from the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) under their MAXX brand, on infrastructure owned and managed by ONTRACK. ARTA receives funding to subsidise these services from Land Transport New Zealand, the central government land transport funding agency, which receives funding from road user taxes and Crown appropriations, and from the Auckland Regional Council through rates.

Operations

Network

See also: List of Auckland railway stations

Veolia operates the following lines from Britomart:

• Eastern Line - along the North Island Main Trunk via Glen Innes, Manurewa and Papakura to Pukekohe;
• Southern Line - along the Auckland-Newmarket Line to Newmarket, then the North Auckland Line to Westfield and the North Island Main Trunk via Manurewa and Papakura to Pukekohe;
• Western Line - along the Auckland-Newmarket Line to Newmarket and the North Auckland Line via Henderson to Waitakere.

Rolling stock

Veolia operates the following rolling stock:-

• 9 ADK/ADB class two-car DMUs (ex Transperth), owned by the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA);
• 10 ADL/ADC class two-car DMUs (ex Transperth), owned by the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA);
• 3 Silver Fern RM two-car railcars, owned by KiwiRail;

• 2 DBR class locomotives, owned by KiwiRail, operating in top-and-tail mode with one 5-car SX set (ex Brisbane), owned by Macquarie Bank;
• 14 DC class locomotives, owned by KiwiRail, operating in push-pull mode with 12 sets (2 more on order) of 2-4 (generally 3) SA cars and an SD driving car with driving cab and remote controls (ex British Rail Mark 2 carriages rebuilt for suburban service), owned by ARTA. ¹

All rolling stock is in MAXX Blue livery, except the stainless-steel Silver Fern railcars.

Rolling stock gallery

An ADL unit at Westfield station.	ADB 778 out of service at Papakura station.	Unrefurbished ADC 851 coupled to ADL 801 at the old Auckland railway station.	DC 4254 on an SA/SD set at Papakura station.
DC 4369 on an SA/SD set at Newmarket, November 2006	DC4409 with Auckland SD Set at Masterton during a test run, June 2008	DC4409 with Auckland SD Set at Masterton during a test run, June 2008

Previous operator

The previous operator of the train network in Auckland was Tranz Metro. When the Auckland Regional Council called for tenders for the new contract, Tranz Metro did not tender and Connex (later renamed Veolia) won the tender.

Since 2004:-

• patronage has increased by 30% annually.
• on-time performance has increased from 50% to 85%.

See also

• Public transport in Auckland
• Rail transport in New Zealand
• List of Auckland railway stations
• List of rapid transit systems

References

External links

• Official Veolia Auckland Website
• MAXX