Brookville Equipment Corporation has delivered the first of six off-wire capable Liberty trams to Detroit’s M-1 Rail for service along the QLine, set to open in 2017. “We look forward to delivering the next five vehicles and celebrating the QLine opening with M-1 Rail and the people of Detroit very soon,” Brookville President Marion Van Fosson said.
The QLine vehicles will traverse the 5.3 km Woodward Avenue rail corridor without the aid of an overhead contact system (OCS) for 60 percent of the route, instead using the Liberty tram’s battery onboard energy storage system (OESS).
Other key features of the vehicles include over 70 percent low-floor area, station-level passenger boarding, and the capability to comfortably transport up to 125 total passengers to key business, shopping, entertainment, and dining centers along the route.
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