Railways
Railways may be heavy to build but once it is there, it is there for you 24/7, ready to take you or the goods you need from one place to another in an efficient way. Uncountable kilometers of rail have been put in place by us in or between cities. Below you can find some of our railway projects.
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E45 Bohus-Nödinge, general contract E33, Sweden
Improved access with new expressway The E45 European route between Gothenburg and Trollhättan is a key stretch of highway for western Swedish freight and commuter traffic. However, the stretch is...
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Passage over railway junction Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
The construction of the passage through the Ústí nad Labem railway junction consited in the modernisation of the line section from km 514.559 to 520.613 and completed the modernisation of the 1st...
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Blue Line Extension to Largo Addison Route, United States
Skanska, as a member of a joint venture, was awarded the $220 million design-build contract to construct a 3.1 mile extension of Washington, D.C.’s Blue Line. The Washington Metropolitan Area Trans...
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New Prague Railway Interconnection, Czech Republic
New Prague Railway Interconnection was awarded the title 2009 Construction of the year and SFDI Award. This project enabled the Prague railway lines capacity increasing. This namely as far as the...
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7 Line Extension Project, United States
Skanska was part of the S3 II Tunnel Constructors joint venture that was awarded a $1.1 billion project from New York City Transit to construct the extension of the No. 7 subway line, from Times...
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Fulton Street Transit Center A/C Mezzanine Reconstruction & J/M/Z Vertical Circulation, United States
The $123 million contract A-36121 was awarded in July 2010 and involves reconfiguration of the upper and lower mezzanines of the A/C Broadway/Nassau Station to allow for better passenger flow and...
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VTA BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension, United States
A Skanska-led joint venture was awarded the $772 million design-build project to construct the first phase of the highly anticipated BART Silicon Valley Extension in Northern California. The 10-mil...
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James A. Farley Building Redevelopment – Moynihan Train Hall, United States
In August of 2016, Skanska completed the $220 million Phase 1 of the Moynihan Train Hall at the James A. Farley Post Office. A month later, Skanska was selected to complete the second phase of the...
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Öresund Bridge, Sweden
Öresund Bridge 20 years Since 2000, the Öresund Bridge connects Sweden and Denmark. But it connects much more than that. The bridge also enables access to work, studies and culture. On July 1,...
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I-5/I-805/SR56 Reconstruction, United States
This contract included widening existing sections of I-5 and I-805 and constructing new freeway bypasses. The project limits were approximately 1 mile south on I-5 from the I-5/I-805 interchange, 2...
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Senkvice - Cifer railway line modernization, Slovakia
Modernisation of the Rail Track Šenkvice - Cífer and Stations Rača - Trnava Consortium "Modernisation Bratislava - Rača - Trnava" represented by Skanska a.s., leader JV The main objective of the...
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Highbridge Yard Maintenance Facility, United States
Skanska, as part of a joint venture, was awarded a design-build contract by Metro-North Railroad to construct the Highbridge Yard Rail Maintenance Facility in Bronx, N.Y. The scope of work for...
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Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System, United States
Skanska, as a member of the joint venture that constructed this design-build project, built more than 9.4 miles of right of way and 20 miles of track in downtown Jersey City. The $245 million proje...
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Birmingham New Street Station curved ceilings, United Kingdom
Clark and Fenn Skanska delivered the ceilings for the Birmingham New Street train station refurbishment and the Grand Central shopping centre. The challenging and complex design included an...
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7 Line Extension Systems and Finishes, United States
Skanska/ Railworks joint-venture has been awarded the $513 million project for the Finishing and Systems Project of the #7 Line Extension to the West Side of Manhattan. The major items of work for...
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86th Street Cavern, United States
Skanska is the managing partner of the jointventure awarded a $301 million project for construction of the 86th Street Station cavern portion of the new Second Avenue Subway. The major facets of th...
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Waterloo and South West Upgrade, United Kingdom
Skanska played a key role in the expansion of London Waterloo, to increase its capacity by 30 per cent. We worked as part of an alliance to deliver the scheme, together with Aecom, Colas Rail and...
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James A. Farley Building Redevelopment – West End Concourse, United States
In 2012, Skanska was awarded a $220 million contract to complete Phase 1 of the Farley Building’s Moynihan Train Hall project, expanding the West End Concourse at Penn Station to link with the...
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AirTrain, JFK Light Rail System (Slattery), United States
Slattery served as the lead member of a consortium that designed and built a $1.2 billion, 8.1 mile light rail system at JFK International Airport. To meet the project’s aggressive schedule,...
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Crossrail – Paddington Elizabeth Line Station, United Kingdom
Skanska, in joint venture with Costain, has worked to deliver the Paddington Elizabeth line Station. The Elizabeth line project is the most recent transformation of Paddington. It builds on the...
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Corona Yard Maintenance Facility, United States
Skanska USA Civil Northeast constructed a train maintenance shopand separate car washer facility for this $168 million design-build contract. The buildings service, clean and maintain New York City...
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Hamnbanan, Göteborg, Sweden
The link to the port is being expanded The harbor track in Gothenburg is the major railway link for all goods that come to and from the Port of Gothenburg. 30 percent of Sweden's exported goods lea...
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SAS13 (Stechford to Aston) rail line bridge replacement, Birmingham, United Kingdom
The SAS13 bridge replacement project is situated near Birmingham City Centre and acts as an enabler for HS2 on behalf of Network Rail. The existing bridge, comprising eight masonry arches and a...
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HS2 enabling works, United Kingdom
16.8 million hours. 2,300 people. An area the size of 37 football pitches, transformed. That’s what Costain Skanska joint venture (CSJV) delivered over a six-year period to pave the way for HS2...
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Improvement of railway infrastructure in Poland., Poland
Realization of the project was aimed at modernization of 10 railway objects, including 8 engineering facilities (bridges, viaducts, culverts) and 2 linear ones. Before modernization these objects...
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North River Tunnels Ventilation Facility, United States
Skanska, as part of a joint venture, was awarded a $25 million contract by Amtrak to reconstruct and upgrade existing shaft facilities serving the two North River Tunnels at Weehawken, N.J. The...
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Brawley Bypass Construction (SR 78), United States
This project was for the construction of 3.1 miles of four-lane divided expressway containing seven multi-span cast-in-place box girder bridges including one interchange, one undercrossing, and a...
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Bermondsey Dive-Under, United Kingdom
Skanska delivered the construction of the Bermondsey Dive Under and associated structure strengthening works for Network Rail as part of the Thameslink development programme . Vital infrastructure...
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Borough Viaduct, United Kingdom
Skanska joined an integrated team, responsible for the design, planning, engineering and construction of a new 400-metre steel viaduct at Borough Market. The scheme aimed to ease train congestion a...
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HS2 Euston Approaches piling works, United Kingdom
Cementation was appointed by the Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture (SCS JV) to create one of the largest open-cut retaining boxes in Europe for HS2 – equivalent in size to four football pitches...
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Rehabilitation of Times Square Subway Complex, United States
Skanska rebuilt New York City’s largest and busiest subway stop -- the Times Square Subway Station. The station serves as a hub for four subway lines carrying 500,000 passengers daily. Skanska...
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Modernization of CE-59 railway line, between Miedzylesie i State Border, Poland
CE-59 line Wrocław Główny – Międzylesie – State border is one of the key railway lines in Poland and is the element of international railway connections. Line was modernized to meet technical...
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1/9 Ventilation Facility, United States
New York City Transit awarded Skanska USA Civil a $37 million contract to construct two new vent plants for the 1/9 7th Avenue subway line in Lower Manhattan. Constructing the two new vent plants...
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Exposition Light Rail Transit Phase 2 Design/Build Project, United States
The 6.6-mile Exposition Light Rail Transit Phase 2 project extends the Expo light rail line from Culver City to Santa Monica, just four blocks from the Pacific Ocean. The scope of work included 14...
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Second Avenue Subway, United States
Skanska USA Civil Northeast, as part of the S3 Tunnel Constructors joint venture with partners J.F. Shea Construction, Inc. and Schiavone Construction Co., Inc., was awarded this $337 million...
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Northern Hub, United Kingdom
A Skanska-BAM Nuttall joint venture was appointed as an alliance partner and awarded a contract to deliver the Ordsall Chord project. The project was part of Network Rail’s £1bn+ rail upgrade plan...
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Modernization of railway line Zilina - Krasno nad Kysucou, Slovakia
Modernization of railway line Žilina - Krasno nad Kysucou was inaugurated on 29.2.2012 in Kysucké Nové Mesto Railway Station. Construction began in 2008 and its purpose was to improve the safety,...
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Chocen Railway junction, Czech Republic
Choceň Railway Junction was awarded the title 2006 Traffic Construction of the year. The railway station is located on Choceň electrified double railway route Prague - Česká Třebova, which is part ...
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BART Warm Springs Extension, United States
The project includes a mile-long subway beneath Fremont Central Park, an embankment for future BART trackways, two ventilation structures and relocation of facilities within Fremont Central Park. T...
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Tramway in Lund, Sweden
The tramway connects the city Skanska has, on behalf of Lund Municipality, built a new tramway between Lund Central Station and the European Spallation Source (ESS), northeast of the city center. T...
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Rebuilding of the streets Podwale Grodzkie - Waly Jagiellonskie in Gdansk, section Waly Piastowskie , Poland
The scope of works within the contract included modernization of streets on the 800 m long section alongside with all the media. New walkways and bicycle paths have also been constructed, and the...
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Modernization of railway line E-30 between Wegliniec and Legnica, Poland
As a result of modernization of railway traffic control system and telecommunication systems, the trains could increase the speed to 160 km/h. We replaced 19th century manual levers and 20th centur...
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Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street Station Renovation, United States
Skanska renovated the Roosevelt Avenue/7th Street Station Complex for New York City Transit. The $87 million project included ensuring the station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities...
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HS2 Main Works, United Kingdom
Skanska, as part of the Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture is delivering full detailed design and construction of Phase One of the UK's new high-speed railway in the southern section of the...