In order to building the Haga\u2013Otterh\u00e4llan section of the V\u00e4stl\u00e4nken railway connection beneath central Gothenburg, Veidekke was appointed on behalf of the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket).<\/p>\n
As a cost-plus contract, the estimated value for this project is SKr430m (\u00a331.78m) excluding VAT.<\/p>\n
Stretching almost 500m between Rosenlundsplatsen and the Harbour Canal, the works consists of a double-track tunnel and two service tunnels in rock, whereas in this subproject, V\u00e4stl\u00e4nken is due to pass several underground structures such as the G\u00f6tatunnel, garages, and shelters.<\/p>\n
Including a 6km rail tunnel, that is under the city of Gothenburg, V\u00e4stl\u00e4nken, or the West Link, is an 8km-long double track railway and it is slated to link commuter rail services to existing routes and include three new underground stations at Gothenburg Central Station, Haga and Korsv\u00e4gen.<\/p>\n
The division of project based on a geographical conditions of the route includes five packages, Olskroken, Centralen, Kvarnberget, Haga and Korsv\u00e4gen. In addition, there will be an overall contract for the rail, electronics, signalling system and telecommunications.<\/p>\n
Being adopted in 2014 by government, the West Link Project is included in the national plan for the Swedish Transport System 2014-2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In order to building the Haga\u2013Otterh\u00e4llan section of the V\u00e4stl\u00e4nken railway connection beneath central Gothenburg, Veidekke was appointed on behalf of the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket). As a cost-plus contract, the estimated value for this project is SKr430m (\u00a331.78m) excluding VAT. Stretching almost 500m between Rosenlundsplatsen and the Harbour Canal, the works consists of a double-track tunnel and two service tunnels in rock, whereas in this subproject, V\u00e4stl\u00e4nken is due to pass several underground structures such as the G\u00f6tatunnel, garages, and shelters. Including a 6km rail tunnel, that is under the city of Gothenburg, V\u00e4stl\u00e4nken, or the West Link, is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4001],"tags":[4083,284,4084,47,1823],"class_list":["post-17406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contract-projects","tag-gothenburg-rail-contract","tag-sweden","tag-swedish-transport-administration","tag-tunneling","tag-veidekke","post--single"],"yoast_head":"\n