The railway installations have entered a new phase at the Hallandsås Project and track is now being laid in the tunnel. The double-track railway will open for traffic on the 13th of December 2015.
”We have started the count down towards eliminating the single most difficult bottle-neck on the West Coast Line,” Patrik Magnusson, project director at the Trafikverket (Swedish Transport Administration) said.
The double-track is laid in two tunnel tubes that are approximately nine kilometers long. The double-track will replace the current single-track from 1885 which, due to a steep slope and sharp curves, has caused problems for passenger and freight trains. When the double-track through Hallandsås is completed, a doubling of rail freight tonnage will be possible, and the number of trains can be increased from the current number of four to twenty four per hour. The frequent unplanned train stops at the ridge, causing disturbances along the West Coast Line, will disappear.
”The double-track will result in a marked improvement regarding capacity and accessibility on one of Sweden´s most important railway lines,” says Patrik Magnusson.
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