Globalvia is a Spanish multinational transport infrastructure company that operates in 11 countries across three continents. In June 2022, Globalvia in partnership with

Kinetic Group Kinetic Group (formerly known as AATS Group) is an Australian-based multinational bus company that wholly owns a number of bus operations in Australia and New Zealand, including the SkyBus business, which operates bus services to a number of a ...

launched a take over bid for the British bus and rail operator

Go-Ahead Group The Go-Ahead Group plc is a passenger transport company based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, with operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Singapore, Norway and Germany. Formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in 2022 it was purchased ...

. The sale was approved by Go-Ahead's shareholders in August 2022. Globalvia has a 49% shareholding. Globalvia is owned by

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and USS who bought Globalvia in a takeover bid worth Euro 420 million in 2015.

History

In 2007

Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, S.A. (), or FCC, is a Spanish construction company based in Barcelona. Until November 2014, over 50 percent of the shares were owned by a company controlled by the daughter of its founder, Esther Koplo ...

(FCC) and

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founded Globivia to unite their shared infrasturce assets under one brand with FCC and Caja Madrid each controlling a 50% stake in the new company. 2008 Globalvia won the private international tender to acquire two highways in Chile and was also awarded a contract in Portugal to build and operate the Transmontana, thus beginning the company's expansion outside of Spain. The company continued to expand its road infrasturce investments over the years and in 2013 expanded into the rail industry with the purchase of

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, a light rail system in

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, Spain. Later that year, Globalvia expanded into Ireland by being awarded a contract managing and operate a 161 highway in

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. In 2015 OPTrusts, Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PGGM) and Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) purchased Globalvia for a total of Euro 420 million. December 2016 the company entered the

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by successfully securing the purchase of

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located in

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. In 2020 the company founded, Openvia to focus on technology and innovation platforms such as Tap&Go, Slora by Globalvia and Meep Sevilla. In 2022 Globalvia in partnership with Australian based multinational bus operator,

, it purchased a 49% stake in the

.Based in the United Kingdom, Go-Ahead operates buses and railway services in the UK, Singapore, Germany, Ireland and Norway.

Operations

Globalvia operates a number of road infrastructure projects listed below, all of its public transport assets outside of Spain are part of

. :

Chile

* Autopista Costa Arauco * Autopista del Aconcagua * Autopista del Itata * Autopista Vespucio Norte * Túnel de San Cristóbal

Ireland

* Globalvia Jons * M50 Concession * N6

United States

Spain

* Autopista Central Gallega *

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, a high-speed rail operator * Concesiones de Madrid * M-407 * Metro Barajas (Metro de Madrid Line 8) *

* Metros Ligeros de Madrid * Ruta de los Pantanos * Tramvia Metropolità ( Barcelona light rail) * Metro de Madrid Line 9 *

Metro Ligero The Metro Ligero (; "Light Metro") is a light rail system in Madrid, Spain. It has three lines, totaling , and 37 stations. Lines Line ML-1 Line ML-1 opened between Pinar de Chamartín and Las Tablas on 24 May 2007, with and nine stations, f ...

(Light Rail) * Tranvía de Parla * AG-55 Autoestradas de Galicia * AG-57 Autoestradas de Galicia * AP-15 Audenasa * AP-66 Aucalsa * AP-9 Audasa

Portugal

* Beira Interior * Transmontana

Costa Rica

* Ruta 27

United Kingdom

Through its 49% shareholding in the

(UK-based) Globalvia operates public transport networks in the UK, Singapore and Ireland, and railway services in the United Kingdom, Norway and Germany.

References

{{Go-Ahead Group Spanish companies established in 2007 Transport companies established in 2007