NORWAY: Infrastructure manager Bane NOR has awarded NRC Norge a NKr760m contract for installation of overhead electrification equipment on the lines around Trondheim
The contract covers the 34·7 km Trondheim – Hell – Stjørdal and 74·4 km Hell – Storlien lines, as well as the 5·8 km Stavne – Leangen line which bypasses Trondheim.
This is the fourth and final contract for the electrification scheme. Work on the substations is underway, and bridge rebuilding will begin shortly. The project also involves lowering 900 m of track in two tunnels. Installation of the overhead is scheduled to begin in the Q1 2022, and electric services are scheduled to begin in 2023-24.
‘Electrification of the railway lines in Trøndelag is the largest railway investment in the region since the electrification of the Dovrebanen in 1970’, said Stine Ilebrekke Undrum, Bane NOR executive vice-president responsible for infrastructure construction. ‘We are very pleased that we have been able to award this contract to NRC, which means that all contracts as part of the electrification of the railways in Trøndelag will be executed by Norwegian companies.’
NRC Group CEO Henning Olsen said ‘this is an important win for NRC Group and confirms our competitiveness within major rail construction. We will work closely with NRC Group Sweden to utilise the experience and knowledge we have within the group.’
