95 kilometres of single track

ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK 10 October 2006, Strukton Railinfra has been awarded a contract worth approximately EUR 35 million for constructing the northern part of the Botniabanan in Sweden. The Botniabanan is the railway line along the Gulf of Bothnia in the east of the country. Strukton Railinfra lays approximately 95 kilometres of single track between Örnsköldsvik and Umea in a period of three years. Work on the project is to start in May 2007. The railway line will be used mainly for goods with a maximum load of 25 tons, but will also be made suitable for passenger transport at 250 kms/hour. The client in Sweden, the Botniabanan project organization, visited the Betuweroute in August 2006 to become acquainted with the project approach of Strukton Railinfra.

The contract ward is conditional, depending on Botniabanan AB’s decision not being reconsidered in accordance with the Swedish Law on Public Procurement.