On December 15 2017, the MEL announced that it had chosen Keolis to operate the mobility services for its 1.2 million residents, living across the 90 communes of the region.
"We are thrilled to continue working with the MEL and to make mobility services a key driver of development in the region. As a strong partner of MEL, we are commited to building the mobility of tomorrow by facilitating and simplifying passenger journeys on the Transpole network," said Jean-Pierre Farandou, group executive chairman of the Keolis Group.
Keolis partners with public decision makers to make shared mobility an asset for cities and their communities. Internationally recognized as the leading operator of trams and automated metros, Keolis adopts a determined innovation approach with all its partners and subsidiaries (Kisio, LeCab, Effia, Keolis Santé and Cykleo) to develop new forms of shared and customized mobility, and reinforce its core business across a range of transport modes including trains, buses, cars, trolleybuses, shared private hire vehicles, river shuttles, ferries, cycles, car sharing services, electric autonomous vehicles and urban cable cars. In France, Keolis is now the leader in medical transport services through the creation of Keolis Santé in July 2017 and positioned as the number two car park operator, through its subsidiary EFFIA.
The company is 70 percent owned by SNCF and 30 percent by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ). Keolis employs 58,300 people in 16 countries and recorded a turnover of 5.1 billion euros in 2016. Today, over 3 billion passengers worldwide have used one of the shared mobility services offered by Keolis.
