Type
Business expansion
Country
France
Region
Centre-Est; Rhône-Alpes; Rhône
Location of affected unit(s)
Lyon
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Land Transport And Transport Via Pipelines
49.31 - Urban and suburban passenger land transport

292 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
19 September 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2020
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020

Description

Keolis Lyon, a subsidiary of the public transport group Keolis has announced it will recruit 212 new employees by December 2020 for TCL, the public transport network of the city of Lyon. In addition, Keolis is recruiting 80 new employees from October to December 2019, after hiring 160 since 1 September. Keolis Lyon (2,680 employees) carries 1.7 million passengers per day. Keolis is continuing its development and the recruitments are made in response to retirements and ever-increasing ridership in the network, as well as the planned opening of new lines. The positions sought include operating positions and maintenance agents. 

Two recruitments were previously announced, one in 2019 (100 job creations) and one in 2018  (500 job creations).


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), Keolis Lyon, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 98609, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98609.