Railway Construction on Lolland

Skills

Construction Facility Foundation Groundwater Railway

Main contract

Builder:

Banedanmark
Lolland

30 km track widening from one to two tracks

We have completed the major widening of the high-speed railway across Lolland from one to two tracks, upgrading the entire railway system to allow trains to operate at speeds of up to 200 km/h in the future. Banedanmark tendered projects E2009 and E2010 as two separate contracts, but we won both as a combined package. The project included:

• 30 km double-track railway embankment/substructure
• New track bed down to 7 cm below the underside of sleepers
• 8 track-bearing wildlife bridges
• Construction of the new Holeby station

This project marks the final section of the railway on the Danish side, forming part of the rail link that will bring Copenhagen and Hamburg closer together via the Fehmarn Belt fixed link.

Facts

Sub-ballast: 240,000 m³
Ballast: 93,000 m³
Demolition: 18 bridges
Soft soil removed: 500,000 m³
Lime stabilisation: 1.4 million m³


Construction of Holeby Station

We started the project by removing the entire existing 30 km railway line, clearing areas and demolishing 18 bridges. We then began building a wider track bed to accommodate a double-track railway.

At Holeby, we constructed a completely new station with an 820 m platform, including drainage, foundations and staircases. We installed the overhead power system, potential equalisation and high-voltage panels. The station work also included all interior fittings, such as waiting areas, speaker systems, benches, waste bins and ticket machines.

Facts

Ballast: 130,000 m³
Holeby station: 820 m platform
Bridges: 8 track-bearing bridges

Construction of seven track-bearing bridges

Our contract also included the construction of seven in-situ cast track-bearing bridges, four element underpasses beneath the railway, one edge beam elevation, as well as 12 foundations and two lift pits at Holeby station. To complete our in-situ cast bridges, we used 3,120 m³ of concrete and 445 tonnes of reinforcement.

Our groundwater lowering department managed groundwater over a total period of four years, extending beyond the construction phase. Wellpoint dewatering systems were used in several areas. The project also included extensive landscaping work, involving seeding 1 million m² of grass. For boundary and transition planting, as well as snow barriers, we planted 43,000 shrubs, berry bushes and hawthorn, and at Holeby station, we planted 95 trees.

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