The Compagnie générale française des transports et entreprises (English approximation: General Company of French Transport and Businesses), commonly known by the initialism CGFTE, was a company which managed public transportation networks in several French cities, including Bordeaux (TBC), Nancy (Stan ), Rouen (TCAR) and Chambéry (Stac). It was formed in 1953 from Compagnie Générale Française de Tramways (CGFT), which was created in 1875.[1][2][3]
It was acquired by Compagnie Générale des Eaux (CGE) in 1980, and later absorbed into CGE subsidiary CGEA Transport.[2] CGEA Transport later became Connex in 1999, then Veolia Transport in 2005, and is now part of the Transdev group.[4] In 2003, Vivendi Environnement was renamed to Veolia Environnement.
References
- Joyce Johnston, Gerry Stoker. Local Government in Europe: Trends And Developments Bloomsbury Publishing, 3 Jan 2016^
- The history of Veolia: 1853-1900 Veolia, retrieved 29 January 2018^
- COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE FRANÇAISE DE TRAMWAYS - CGFT retrieved 2019-01-02^