BROOKVILLE, Pa. — Brookville Equipment Corp is preparing to send the first of five new light rail vehicles to Tacoma, Wash., for the expansion of Sound Transit’s Tacoma Link, set to open in 2023.
The new equipment, 66-foot-long Liberty NXT Light Rail Vehicles, are being built under a $26.5 million contract. They will support the 2.4-mile Hilltop Extension of the current 1.6-mile Tacoma Link light rail line.
The articulated trainsets feature sets for 26, including four accessibility seats for passengers with bikes or wheelchairs, and a capacity of more than 100 including standees. The light rail vehicles are ADA compliant with deployable bridge plates for boarding.
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