Sweden - Adalsbanan

Adalsbanan in Sweden

1 Looking towards the Bässholm Tunnel in the north: Kari Korhonen from Lemminkäinen explains the special features of the Adalsbanan

2 The 4,547 m Kroksberg Tunnel is the longest on the Adalsbanan route

3 The portals of the Snaraberg Tunnels

4 Drilling operations in the Kroksberg Tunnel

5 Atlas Copco Boomer XE 3 C 30 at work

6 Atlas Copco Craelius Unigrout Max 244 T grouting appliance on a truck

7 Loader and dumper for removing the excavated material

8 Explaining the latest grouting technology: specialists from Atlas Copco Craelius at the Marsta factory near Stockholm

The Adalsbanan is a part of the plan decided on by the EU to standardise trans-border rail links in Europe (ERTMS European Rail Traffic Management System). In this connection Sweden is the first country in Europe to implement this plan at regional traffic level. Realisation is scheduled for 2030 and embraces both upgrading as well as the construction of new routes for Sweden’s railway system.

Adalsbanan and Bothniabanan

North Sweden’s link to the south has been substantially improved along the country’s eastern coastline thanks to the development of the railway infrastructure. The Adal and Bothnia Lines represent a part of this development plan. Thus along the Norrland Baltic Sea coast in future 50 to 60 trains per day will run instead of the present 8 to 10 and connect the important industrial locations in Sweden’s north-east with the south and above all, with the capital Stockholm.

The altogether 180 km long Adal Line runs from Sundsvall via Langsele, Timra Härnsönd to Kramfors....