How would the Light Rail Transit power lines work and what would they look like?
If LRT is chosen as the mode for the Red Line, electrical power would be transmitted to the vehicles via overhead lines. Electricity is carried through a contact wire, where it is picked up by a pantograph mounted on the top of the LRT vehicle. The pantograph is in continuous contact with the wire, which runs parallel to and approximately 15 feet to 23 feet above the tracks. The contact wire is supported by a system of span wires, which are themselves supported by poles. The wires themselves will be visible above the street but they will be designed to blend into the streetscape as much as possible so as not to pose aesthetic problems. Poles can be located either between a pair of tracks or outside of the guideway area. When located in the center of the track bed, one pole can support both contact wires at a given point. When located on the outside of tracks, span wires are hung between a pair of poles, located on either side of the tracks, and the contact wires are hung from these spa
