Norfolk Light Rail Transit - The Tide

PACO has overall project controls responsibility including: configuration management, estimating, scheduling and document management.  PACO is using its proprietary ccsNet software to manage change through configuration management.  PACO developed the methodology, processes and procedures for managing the technical baselines and integrating ccsNet into the project management proces

Project Overview. Hampton Roads Transit: Norfolk Light Rail Transit System, 'The Tide' is a 7.4-mile light rail line servicing Norfolk, Virginia.  The line begins at a western terminus near the Eastern Virginia Medical Center and travels east along a dedicated right-of-way through downtown Norfolk to Norfolk State University.  The project components include: an LRT system composed of 9 low-floor, 85-foot light rail vehicles, and an exclusive double-track guideway following the Norfolk Southern Railroad right-of-way.  Eleven stations are included, six of which include bus drop-off areas, and four park-and-ride areas.  Stations are being constructed as one car, 90-foot platforms mostly at-grade; however, they are being designed to facilitate the eventual expansion to three-car platforms.  An LRT vehicle storage and maintenance facility (VSMF) is to be constructed.