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Detroit awards $30M tram tender to Czech Inekon
Published: Tue, 2014-11-11 10:02-
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To be put into service in 2016
Detroit-based tram operator M-1 Rail has handed a $30 million contract for the supply of new trams to Czech Republic’s rolling stock marker Inekon Group. The firm will produce six trams for the U.S. city, M-1 Rail said in a statement.
“M-1 Rail will negotiate the final terms and conditions with Inekon Group to build our [trams],” said Paul Childs, the chief operating officer of M-1 Rail. “Inekon has a strong track record with other [tram] projects in Portland, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., and owns a 40 percent share of U.S.-installed projects.”
Under the plan, the double-ended trams will be fitted with a length of about 22 metres, according to data released by M-1 Rail.
The trams will be powered by lithium-ion battery packs, enabling the line to run “60 percent off-wire,” Childs said. “Other [tram] projects utilise overhead wiring for everything from vehicle propulsion to the infrastructure of their maintenance and repair sites. M-1 Rail will minimise its impact on the aesthetics of Detroit’s iconic Woodward Avenue, and we also will not have the labyrinth of wires overhead at the Penske Technical Center.”
M-1 Rail says the line is expected to be operational in 2016.
Based in Detroit, U.S., M-1 Rail was set up in 2007 with the aim to lead the design, construction, and future operation of a 5.3 km tram line along Woodward Avenue, located between Congress Street and West Grand Boulevard in Detroit.
Av Jaroslaw Adamowski
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