The tracks for the Matinkylä–Kivenlahti section will be supplied by Vossloh Rail Services Finland Oy. The budget for the works is EUR 2.0 million.
The contract covers laying a total of 34 kilometres of tracks. The tracks are being welded in Kaipiainen near Kouvola, and they will be supplied in 120-metre pieces. The tracks will enter the tunnel in Vuosaari, from where they will be transported through the existing underground network all the way to the beginning of the new section. The deliveries will take place at night so as to not disturb passenger transport. Tracklaying is scheduled to begin towards the end of the summer of 2020 in connection with superstructure works.
Vossloh Rail Services Finland Oy also supplied the tracks for the first section of the West Metro, and the company is the leading operator in the industry in Finland.
Excavation works along the line being constructed during the second stage of the West Metro project were completed in January 2018. The construction of the Matinkylä–Kivenlaakso section began in the summer of 2018. Graniittirakennus Kallio has been contracted to construct 17.5 kilometres of new tracks, seven shafts and 32 connecting tunnels. The goal is to hand over the seven-kilometre rail line together with its five stations and depot to the operator, Helsinki City Transport, during 2023.
Further information:
Länsimetro Oy, Technical Director Raimo Kaunismäki. raimo.kaunismaki@lansimetro.fi, tel. +358 50 390 6670
