Railway project Seinäjoki Oulu Finland

Railway project Seinäjoki Oulu Finland

Location and project contents Tikkaperä Ahonpää Oulu Kempele Liminka Hirvineva Ruukki Tuomioja Vihanti Kilpua Oulainen Rovaniemi Kokkola II-track Kokkola-Ylivieska Kangas Ylivieska Tornio Laurila Raahe Kokkola Seinäjoki Oulu Tuomioja Kontiomäki Ylivieska Iisalmi Siilinjärvi Kuopio Viinijärvi Jyväskylä Pieksämäki Pori Orivesi Tampere Rauma Kokemäki Imatra Toijala Lahti Luumäki Vainikkala Riihimäki Kouvola Hyvinkää Turku Kerava Hamina Kotka Imatrankoski Vartius Joensuu Niirala Parikkala Kovjoki Riijärvi Etelä-Seinäjoki Jepua Köykkäri Voltti Härmä Raunio Kauhava Rajaperkiö Lapua Ruha II-track Seinäjoki Lapua Seinäjoki II-track Etelä-Seinäjoki Seinäjoki New traffic operating point Changed traffic operating point Double track Elimination of level crossings Improvement of substructures and superstructures Karjaa Sköldvik Helsinki Hanko <PVM> <Laatija> 2

Project objectives Increased capacity on the railway section Seinäjoki Oulu meet the challenges posed by increasing traffic Increased axle load (25 t) Increased speed in passenger traffic (200 km/h) on the whole railway section Seinäjoki Oulu thereafter 200 km/h speed level on the main line between Tikkurila and Oulu, over 660 km Improvement of existing structures Improved safety Functional entities are completed and taken into use as soon as possible without inconveniencing traffic

and how these can be achieved Reduced travel times in passenger traffic Speed increased on the whole section140km/h -> 160-200km/h (depending on train type) Elimination of level crossings Track improvement Changes to the safety devices Changes to the electrified railway Increased axle load in freight traffic Axle load increased 22,5t -> 25t (100km/h) Bridge renewal Culvert renewal Improved stability Increased capacity Railway sections with double tracks Kokkola-Ylivieska (79 km) Seinäjoki-Lapua (20 km) Etelä-Seinäjoki-Seinäjoki (4km) 3 new traffic operating points

Improved safety About 100 level crossings have been eliminated Grade separations Road arrangements Improved station areas Changed platforms Changed lighting Signals (Improvement) frost protection ballast renewal bridge and culvert repair/renewal service roads drainage

Project phasing and estimated costs 1st phase (206 M ) (Seinäjoki-Kokkola) Started 2007, completed in the end of 2011 2nd phase (344 M ) (Seinäjoki-Kokkola, Ylivieska-Oulu) Started 2011, will be completed by the end of 2017 The annual appropriation 70-90 M Kokkola-Ylivieska double track (310 M ) Started 2011, will be completed by the end of 2017 The annual appropriation 70-90 M Total cost estimate for the project 860 M

Construction work, current situation Kerava Joensuu Oulu Turku Rovaniemi Jyväskylä Rauma Tampere Hanko Imatra Vainikkala Kouvola Helsinki Seinäjoki Vartius Niirala Kotka Tornio Laurila Lahti Imatrankoski Hamina Raahe Sköldvik Pieksämäki Viinijärvi Riihimäki Hyvinkää Karjaa Kokemäki Toijala Orivesi Parikkala Luumäki Kuopio Pori Kokkola Tuomioja Ylivieska Siilinjärvi Kontiomäki Iisalmi Oulu Kempele Liminka Hirvineva Vihanti Kilpua Oulainen Kangas Ylivieska Kokkola Kruunupyy Pännäinen Kovjoki Jepua Köykkäri Voltti Härmä Raunio Kauhava Rajaperkiö Lapua Ruha Ruukki Tuomioja Kolppi Seinäjoki Riijärvi II-track Seinäjoki Ruha Etelä-Seinäjoki II-track Etelä-Seinäjoki-Seinäjoki Completed work Work underway Tikkaperä Ahonpää

Key figures for the project Used project time: Of the whole project implementation time 27 Feb 2007-31 Dec 2017 Planning, percentage of completion: Completed planning work in proportion to the total planning work Cost commitment rate: Completed contracts in proportion to the forecast Implementation rate: Paid work in proportion to the forecast 60 % 85 % 67 % 42 %

Procurement packages Procurement has been divided into packages 2nd phase About 280 procurement packages until now Packages for planning (values of the contracts 20 t - 1,5 M ) Packages for construction (separate contracts, values of the contracts 50 t -15,0 M ) superstructure contracts, traffic operation point / station improvement contracts, level crossing elimination contracts etc. Kokkola-Ylivieska double track The construction area has been divided into 3 sections: 1. Kokkola-Riippa (Design-Built contract) 2. Riippa-Eskola (Design-Built contract) 3. Eskola-Ylivieska (separate contracts with orderer s construction plans) safety device Design-Built contract (Kokkola-Ylivieska) <PVM> <Laatija> 9

Competitive tendering of contracts Contracts are put out to tender in accordance with the Procurement Act on entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors Procurements exceeding the EU thresholds shall be put out to tender. These thresholds are: 400,000 euros, procurements of goods and services 400,000 euros, procurements concerning planning 5 000 000 euros, procurements concerning building contracts <PVM> <Laatija> 10

Some challenges during the project Lack of railway contruction resources in Finland some procurements have been forced to suspend due to the expensive offers or offers haven t been received at all Most of the line is single track reconciliation of construction works and traffic <PVM> <Laatija> 11

Further information Project Manager Tommi Rosenvall, tommi.rosenvall@fta.fi, +358 295 34 3830 Project Engineer Seppo Paukkeri seppo.paukkeri@fta.fi, +358 295 34 3361

Thank you! Photo: Erkki Mäki <PVM> <Laatija> 13