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The Ring Rail project

Finland

Helsinki

The Ring Rail Line is an important part of the development of the entire transportation system in the Helsinki region. In addition to the rail line itself, there will be new stations, streets, park-and-ride facilities, road arrangements and complete new sub-urban neighborhoods. Construction of the Ring Rail Line started in 2009, and its completion is expected in 2015.

The Ring Rail project had required great amount of temporary retaining wall construction. Sheet piles were used for supporting tunnel entrances, existing road and highways and for building concrete basements for railway on sections with soft ground and high ground water table. A photo on the cover page shows a reinforcement works for second concrete slap under the railway bank. A first slap was casted under the ground water to prevent subsidence of surrounding areas. Most of the sheet piling works was done with Movax Side-Grip.

In terms of transportation, the Ring Rail Line will unite the entire Helsinki region into one. It provides both a fast rail connection to the airport and an effective means of transportation in the capital region, allowing 200,000 more daily commuters to use public transportation and significantly cutting the time spent on journeys to and from work.

Sheet piling contractors for the project were Graniit- tirakennus Kallio Oy and A. Ruusunlehti Oy.

Ring Rail Line in numbers

  • Cost estimation 605 M€
  • Track length 18km of double track, of which 8 km in tunnels
  • Maximum speed 120 km/h