The Norwegian National Rail Administration has nominated Baneservice and Società Italiana per Condotte d’Acqua S.p.A for two new contracts for the Follo Line Project, which is a subproject of the Oslo Central Station. The contracts will, should be signed on the 17th and 18th December after the mandatory complaints period has expired.

Baneservice has been nominated for the contract JBT Rive reetablere. The scope of work includes removal and rebuilding of existing railway infrastructure and building of new railway infrastructure for the Follo Line and the Østfold Line close to Oslo Central Station. The contract has a value of approx. EUR23,44 million excluding options.

Società Italiana per Condotte d’Acqua S.p.A (Condotte) was nominated for the EPC Civil Oslo S contract. The scope of work includes the building of structures and track substructures for the Follo Line and the Østfold Line between Oslo Central Station and the Ekeberg Hill. The contract has a value of approx. EUR213 million.

The contract EPC Civil Oslo S includes engineering, procurement and construction at the subproject at Oslo Central Station. The majority of the work consists of the construction of a 600 m long concrete tunnel for the new Follo Line and the existing Østfold Line, between Oslo Central Station and the Ekeberg Hill. The concrete tunnel will be connected to both existing constructions at Oslo Central station and to the longer tunnel, which will be the longest railway tunnel to date in the Nordic counties.

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