SPECIALISTS IN RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION

Light Rail Overhead Systems

Since its initial electrification project in Bristol, in 1895, the company has been designing and supplying tramway systems. We have a full in-house capability for computer analysis and prediction of pantograph behavior - essential to any proper working interface.

Blackpool Tramway 1895

Manchester Metro tram at junction

 

Brecknell Willis ensures ..

Compatibility of interface equipment

State of the art system design to your requirements

Economical and reliable technical solutions

Aesthetically pleasing overhead systems taking due regard of local requirements and surroundings.
  Midland Metro system in the countryside
Overhead Contact lines have been around now for well over 100 years. It might be thought that in that time standard systems would have been developed which would provide a good balance of electrical efficiency, minimum cost, and good aesthetic appeal, but in the real world each new system has its own design process, and a different end result

 

We provide ..

Design Drawings · Aesthetics · Interface Management · Manufacture
Installation · Commissioning · Documentation · Maintenance