SWECO awarded major contract for the City Line

SWECO awarded major contract for the City Line

SWECO, together with Grontmij, has been awarded an extensive consultancy
contract for the planned City Line in Stockholm. The contract is worth a total
of around EUR 10.6 million.

“We're very excited about the prospect of continuing to work on the development
of the City Line. It's a complex rail project which, when it's completed, will
double the track capacity through Stockholm and make daily travel much easier
for a lot of rail passengers,” says Björn Kvist, the project leader at SWECO
VBB.

The contract includes planning and drawing up the construction documents,
producing the complete tender documentation, involvement in the construction
phase and preparing administrative data for four large contracts on the stretch
between Odenplan and Tomteboda.

“We're currently involved in many of the large projects aimed at improving the
Swedish road and rail network. In recent years we have been awarded
infrastructure contracts worth more than half a billion Swedish kronor in the
Stockholm area alone,” says Mats Påhlsson, MD of SWECO VBB.

The City Line is a double-track rail line with two new stations in a tunnel
around six kilometres in length which connects the Stockholm South commuter
station and Tomteboda. The new line will double the track capacity through
Stockholm and allow for more frequent and more punctual train connections in
Stockholm and the Mälardal region. It will also have a beneficial effect on rail
traffic in the remainder of Sweden. 


For further information please contact:
Mats Påhlsson, Managing Director SWECO VBB, +46 8-695 66 61
mats.pahlsson@sweco.se
Björn Kvist, project leader, SWECO VBB, +46 8-695 60 89, bjorn.kvist@sweco.se

This is the type of information that SWECO may be obligated to disclose in
accordance with the Swedish Securities Exchange and Clearing Operations Act
and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act.

SWECO is the Nordic region's leading provider of consulting services with
combined expertise in engineering, environmental technology and architecture.
SWECO has around 4,800 employees in ten countries and recorded annual sales of
around SEK 3.9 billion in 2006. The company has projects currently underway in
some 75 countries worldwide. The SWECO share is quoted on the Stockholm Stock
Exchange.