Gothenburg delays completion of Västlänken rail tunnel to 2030
- Location
- Gothenburg (Haga, Korsvägen, Centralen) · 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Project
- Västlänken (West Link)
- Investment
- SEK 36.5 billion (approx. EUR 1.8 billion), originally budgeted at SEK 24.1–27.1 billion
- Status
- Under construction (planned completion December 2030)
Västlänken (West Link) is an 8 km railway section of the West Coast Line through Gothenburg, including 6 km of tunnel, with three new underground stations: Centralen, Haga and Korsvägen. Total costs were revised in 2023 to SEK 36.5 billion (originally SEK 24.1–27.1 billion); the Centralen station is due to open in December 2026, while full completion has slipped to December 2030 (from an original 2026 target). In 2024, concrete work at Centralen and the Kvarnberget tunnel were completed, with construction ongoing at Haga and Korsvägen.
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