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The Compagnie générale française des transports et entreprises (English approximation: ''General Company of French Transport and Businesses''), commonly known by the
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CGFTE, was a
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which managed
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networks in several French cities, including
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( TBC), Nancy (
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),
Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
( TCAR) and
Chambéry Chambéry (, , ; Arpitan: ''Chambèri'') is the prefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. The population of the commune of Chambéry was 58,917 as of 2019, while the population of the Chambér ...
( Stac). It was formed in 1953 from Compagnie Générale Française de Tramways (CGFT), which was created in 1875. It was acquired by
Compagnie Générale des Eaux Vivendi SE is a French mass media holding company headquartered in Paris. Widely known as the owner of Gameloft, Groupe Canal+, Havas, Editis, Prisma Media, Vivendi Village and Dailymotion, the company has activities in television, film, video ...
(CGE) in 1980, and later absorbed into CGE subsidiary CGEA Transport. CGEA Transport later became Connex in 1999, then Veolia Transport in 2005, and is now part of the
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group. In 2003, Vivendi Environnement was renamed to Veolia Environnement.


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