NCC Sverige and the German company Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau have been awarded the contract for the Korsvägen phase of the West Link. The contract is worth SEK 3.8 billion (EUR 381 million), and construction work is due to start in spring 2018. Works are expected to be finished in 2026.
The Korsvägen section is approximately 3.2 km long. This part of the West Link tunnel runs from Landala via Korsvägen and Örgryte/Jakobsdal to Almedal where it joins existing track. The parts of the tunnel in rock consist of a railway tunnel and a parallel service tunnel. Three sections will require concrete tunnels in clay and shafts to be dug. Korsvägen station will be built below ground at the interchange, with three entrances. The station will have one platform and two tracks, with preparatory work undertaken on a further two tracks and another platform.
„During the tender process, we placed great emphasis on the contractor’s plans for carrying out the work, and the proposals have been assessed by a panel,” says Bo Larsson, West Link Project Manager at the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket). „The bids have been evaluated on the basis of both price and proposals for implementation.”
The contract for the Korsvägen section is one of the five principal West Link contracts. The Gülemak, Astaldi and Segermo consortium has previously been awarded the contract for the Haga section. NCC were awarded an ECI contact for the Central Station section earlier – phase one design. The invitation to tender for the Kvarnberget phase were issued on 4 December with the deadline for tenders 23 April. The BEST contract (track, electrics/electronics, signalling and communications) will be put out to tender in early 2019.
The West Link is a railway line under central Gothenburg serving commuter and regional trains. It is approximately 8 km long, over 6 km of which is in tunnels. It includes new stations at Haga and Korsvägen that will provide additional access to the city and a new underground section at Gothenburg Central Station.
The West Link will make travelling within Gothenburg and West Sweden easier.
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