Follobanen, the new double track rail line between Oslo and the public transport center of Ski, will herald a new era for rail traffic in Norway.
Following a two year consultation period, the High Speed Rail Study for the Norwegian National Rail Administration has been completed. Even though the results are not conclusive, the Norwegian National Rail Administration is able to demonstrate several positive consequences of the development of a high-speed rail system.
The modernisation of the Vestfold Line is now fully underway and the next stage of this process is the 23 km section from Farriseidet outside Larvik to Porsgrunn. Construction will commence in September 2012 and the billion kroner project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2018. Once this new section has opened, the Grenland region will be 22 minutes closer to Oslo. Pre-qualification for the first contract was announced in the Doffin database on Tuesday 6th December.
The line between Eidsvoll and Hamar is one of Norway’s busiest sections of single track line. With a double track line along the whole route, the journey time for passenger trains between Oslo and Hamar would drop to one hour, the number of departures could be doubled and there would be fewer delays.
The aim of the Norwegian National Rail Administration’s plans for a modernised Vestfold Line is to reduce journey times between Oslo and the Vestfold/Grenland area. A modern railway will also provide the opportunity to run more trains, thus offering a better service to the inhabitants of the Vestfold/Grenland area.
Expanding this 19.5 km section from two to four tracks is the National Rail Administration’s principal investment project this present decade. With a total cost of approximately 7 billion NOK, it is currently the largest single on-shore infrastructure project in Norway.
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