Hop Swap
At the southern end of Milwaukee's "Hop" streetcar line- Intermodal Station- car 03 has just been swapped out for car 01, a movement I somehow have not yet seen. The system's carbarn / maintenance center is off to the left, cleverly located underneath Interstate 794. The system is operated and managed by global passenger rail and transit group Transdev, a fact which is rarely obvious- the giveaway here are the high-vis vests.
Headquartered in suburban Paris, France, Transdev operates buses, trams/streetcars, metros/subways and heavy rail passenger train services in France, Germany, the UK, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Canada, the US, Chile, Columbia, Morocco, New Caledonia, Australia and New Zealand. It formerly had operations in China, India, South Korea, Hong Kong and the Philippines, but these were transferred to RATP (operator of the Paris Metro) partially in 2009 and fully in late 2020.
The best-known (non-bus) American operations under Transdev control include the New Orleans RTA's streetcars, part of the Denver RTD system, San Diego's Sprinter DMU service, and the Miami-area TriRail commuter rail system. Predecessor Violia Transportation also operated the Boston MBTA commuter rail network until Keolis took over in 2014. Interestingly, Transdev also operates a system operating with the same Brookville Liberty equipment and off-wire technology as the Milwaukee Hop: Detroit's Q-Line.
Hop Swap
At the southern end of Milwaukee's "Hop" streetcar line- Intermodal Station- car 03 has just been swapped out for car 01, a movement I somehow have not yet seen. The system's carbarn / maintenance center is off to the left, cleverly located underneath Interstate 794. The system is operated and managed by global passenger rail and transit group Transdev, a fact which is rarely obvious- the giveaway here are the high-vis vests.
Headquartered in suburban Paris, France, Transdev operates buses, trams/streetcars, metros/subways and heavy rail passenger train services in France, Germany, the UK, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Canada, the US, Chile, Columbia, Morocco, New Caledonia, Australia and New Zealand. It formerly had operations in China, India, South Korea, Hong Kong and the Philippines, but these were transferred to RATP (operator of the Paris Metro) partially in 2009 and fully in late 2020.
The best-known (non-bus) American operations under Transdev control include the New Orleans RTA's streetcars, part of the Denver RTD system, San Diego's Sprinter DMU service, and the Miami-area TriRail commuter rail system. Predecessor Violia Transportation also operated the Boston MBTA commuter rail network until Keolis took over in 2014. Interestingly, Transdev also operates a system operating with the same Brookville Liberty equipment and off-wire technology as the Milwaukee Hop: Detroit's Q-Line.