1. Adopted 2030 Plan

2. Adopted 2030 Plan LYNX Blue Line (LRT) Blue Line Extension (LRT)
FTA considers very successful (current ridership about 16,000 passenger)
Needs capacity for 3-car trains
Blue Line Capacity Expansion Project
Core Capacity Project
Blue Line Extension (LRT)
Under Construction
Red Line (Commuter Rail)
Tracks & 90% design
No clear funding plan
Silver Line (LRT or BRT)
Planning study and decisions
West Corridor
Bus Service
Convert to Streetcar
Gold Line
Phase I Completed
Phase II design phase

3. Adopted 2030 Plan

4. Questions

5. OVERHEAD CONTACT SYSTEMS
Presentation of
OVERHEAD CONTACT SYSTEMS

6. This presentation will cover the various OCS Types of Systems “in use” and “planned!”

7. BlueLine

8. Original Design - BlueLine
SCAT - Simple Catenary Auto-Tensioned- Limits “I-485 to Tremont Street”
SCFT – Single Contact Fixed Termination – South Boulevard Light Rail Maintenance Facility
SCFT -Simple Catenary Fixed Termination – Limits Tremont to Ninth Street

9. BlueLine Simple Catenary Fixed Termination System
Original design was to accommodate existing trolley pole equipped Charlotte Street Car, and Gomaco cars.

10. BlueLine Simple Catenary Fixed Termination System
This included installing switch castings with outside runners to accommodate pantographs
As construction was proceeding Northward towards “Uptown” the cars were re-equipped with pantographs thus deleting the needs for trolley frogs and runners on the out side of the casting, thus slightly changing the catenary

11. BlueLine Extension

12. BlueLine Extension OCS
SCFT -Simple Catenary Fixed Termination – Limits Seventh Street to Twelfth Street
SCAT - Simple Catenary Auto-Tensioned- Limits Twelfth Street to University North Carolina – Charlotte
SCFT – Single Contact Fixed Termination – North Yard Light Rail Maintenance/Storage Facility

13. BlueLine Capacity Expansion
Purpose!
The expansion of the existing BlueLine to accommodate the use of three car consists!
This did not change the existing SCAT system, but it did provide the opportunity to increase the section of Auto-Tensioning further North to the Carson Interlocking Area plus install 4 substations deleted in the original BlueLine Project

14. Charlotte Street Car – Gold Line

15. Charlotte StreetCar Line
SCFT – Single Contact Fixed Termination
FYI There are actually two distinct areas to this alignment; a non-revenue section connecting the line to the Light Rail Line and second the alignment on Trade and Hawthorn Streets.
Today there are two feeding substations, reconditioned from the old museum line transmitting at 650 Volts DC. The alignment is setup to be fed also from the Light Rail Line if the situation arises.

16. Wire Particulars Messenger Wire – 500 MCM Hard Drawn Copper
Contact Wire –
350 MCM Hard Drawn Copper
Auto-tension tensions
Messenger – 5000 pounds
Contact – 3000 pounds
Fixed Termination tensions
Messenger Wire – 5000 pounds
Contact Wire – 2000 pounds
Single Contact – Fixed Termination
Contact 2000 pounds
Medium Temperature – 70 Degrees F

17. THANK YOU
For Your Attention!