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Brookville completes Detroit's QLINE streetcar delivery early

The streetcars have been gradually undergoing testing in preparation for the forthcoming line opening.

April 12, 2017
Brookville completes Detroit's QLINE streetcar delivery early

A BROOKVILLE Liberty Streetcar undergoes testing procedures along Detroit-based M-1 RAIL’s QLINE in early 2017. (Photo Courtesy of M-1 RAIL)

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A BROOKVILLE Liberty Streetcar undergoes testing procedures along Detroit-based M-1 RAIL’s QLINE in early 2017. (Photo Courtesy of M-1 RAIL)

Brookville Equipment Corp. delivered its fifth and sixth off-wire capable Liberty Streetcars to Detroit in March, wrapping up vehicle deliveries to the new QLINE streetcar line ahead of contractual delivery dates and prior to the QLINE’s recently announced May 12 start of revenue service.

Throughout the project, Brookville’s deliveries occurred an average of 57 days ahead of their contractual dates, beginning with the pilot vehicle’s arrival in September 2016. Since that time, the streetcars have been gradually undergoing testing in preparation for the forthcoming line opening.

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Designed and manufactured at Brookville’s Pennsylvania manufacturing plant, the QLINE streetcar vehicles will traverse a 6.6-mile loop on Woodward without the aid of an overhead contact system (OCS) for 60 percent of the route, instead using the Liberty Streetcar’s battery onboard energy storage system (OESS).

Other key features of the 66.5-foot-long, 8-foot, 8-inch-wide vehicles include over 70 percent low-floor area, station-level passenger boarding, and the capability to comfortably transport up to 125 total passengers at a time to key business, shopping, entertainment, and dining centers along the route.

In addition to the M-1 RAIL order, Brookville has delivered Liberty Streetcars to Dallas Area Rapid Transit and is also currently under contract with the City of Oklahoma City and the City of Milwaukee for the production of similar Liberty Streetcar vehicles.

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