Description
The Hallandsås Tunnel, also known as the Hallandsås Ridge Tunnel or Scanlink, is a railway tunnel under construction in Sweden. It will connect the northern and the southern sides of the Hallandsås geological formation (a horst). The planned length is. It will be utilised by the West Coast Line, on the section between Ängelholm and Halmstad in southwestern Sweden. When finished, it will improve the connection between the cities of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Copenhagen, Denmark. In the longer term it would be a key component in the proposed Oslo to Hamburg high speed rail link via Gothenburg, Malmö and Copenhagen.The project has been troubled by construction difficulties caused by groundwater ingress, and a scandal when dangerous sealant materials were used causing workers to become ill and killing local fish and cattle. These caused the project to be halted from late 1997 to 2005, and resulted in large cost over-runs. The project is scheduled to be finished in December 2015, over 23 years after start of construction.
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