📋 Tender Overview
ScopeUS 3bn A continuation of the existing Botniabanan the 270km Norrbotniabanan will create a direct coastal rail link between Ume and Lule in northern Sweden. The new line will reduce journey times between towns in northern Sweden serving up to 1.6 million passengers per year and permit an increase in the maximum weight of freight trains from 1100 to 1600 tonnes. The 12km Ume Dva section which began construction in August 2018 is expected to be commissioned later this year. a new 270-kilometre railway line between Ume-Lule. The North Bothnia Line is intended to strengthen the countrys rail freight traffic and enable passenger traffic between the cities along the Norrland coast. Studies are currently in progress for the various subsections of the line.Finished Ume-Dva open for traffic in 2024. Ume-Skellefte open for traffic in 2030.
