Sweco studying station sites for high-speed rail in Skåne

Sweco studying station sites for high-speed rail in Skåne

Efforts to study the conditions for high-speed rail in the Skåne region
of southern Sweden are now moving forward. Sweco has been given
responsibility for examining suitable sites for future train stations in
the region. The assignment is the next step after the study on
high-speed rail in Sweden that was carried out at the request of the
government in 2009.  

Sweco will investigate station sites in Lund, Malmö, Helsingborg,
Perstorp and Hässleholm. Among other things, Sweco will study whether
the stations should be located in the city centres or whether they
should be reached by buses or regional trains.

“Central locations are naturally easier to access for most people and
they connect to the existing communications, but they are also
associated with higher construction costs due to the lack of space and
they have a major impact on the existing urban environment. To handle
these complex issues, we have put together a team with local know-how
together with national and international expertise,” says Stefan
Gustafsson, Regional Manager at Sweco in Malmö.

Sweco's assignment is being carried out on behalf of the Skåne and Skåne
Northeast regions and the municipalities of Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg.
The study will be presented in the beginning of September.

In the future, high-speed rail may compete with air travel on distances
up to around 700 km. For example, the journey between Stockholm and
Malmö, which today takes four hours and 30 minutes with the X2000, will
take less than three hours by high-speed rail.

For additional information contact:

Stefan Gustavsson, Regional Manager at Sweco in Malmö, +46 40-16 71 64,
stefan.gustafsson@sweco.se
Martin Ljungström, Project Manager, Sweco, +46 40-16 71 37,
martin.ljungstrom@sweco.se