Brecknell Willis

Brecknell Willis is a British company headquartered in Chard, Somerset, and brand-name of electrification equipment for railways, mostly pantographs and contact shoes. [1]

History

Henry Brecknell and Sons began operating in 1854. In 1894 it moved into electrification. Since 1938 it has been in Chard, Somerset, when known as Brecknell, Willis & Co. Ltd.

Products
One of its pantographs on a Belgian train in April 2008

For the London Underground, it has supplied shoegear and conductor rail systems.

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See also
  • Category:Light rail in the United Kingdom

References
  1. "UK Construction". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
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