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NORTHERN EUROPE PROFILE: RHK & VR-TRACK LTD
bridge and the portal of the Labbacka
tunnel took place outside the breeding
season for birds.
The construction of harbour traffic
channels produced approximately 300,000
cubic metres of soil and approximately
1,900,000 cubic metres of rock. This has
been used as fill in the harbour area and
in structural layers, noise barriers and
landscaping for traffic channels.
Harbour railway line
The harbour railway line will be 19km
long and have a single track that is
Figure 3: Organisation of the Harbour project
electrified (1*25 kV), blocked and
equipped with automatic train protection. length of 725 metres and a maximum Savio railway tunnel and run as much as
The line will only be used for freight weight of 4,500 tonnes. 60 metres below the surface in some
traffic, with a maximum axle load of 25 When the harbour goes into operation, places before resurfacing next to Ring
tonnes. It will initially handle 10 trains a the volume of traffic will be 5-6 trains a Road III (see Figure 6 on page 33).
day, five in each direction. This is day in each direction plus 3-4 additional After the Savio tunnel, the line will
expected to increase to a maximum of trains a week and even more at peak follow the same corridor as Ring Road III
16-20 trains a day. The line will have a periods. As a rule, trains will generally and the harbour road for approximately
maximum speed of 80km/h. Thanks to the arrive during the night and morning and 2km and then run under the Labbacka
long railway tunnel, rail traffic will not depart during the evening. Natura 2000 area in a second tunnel
disturb residents. The line will have no The harbour railway line will split off appromximately 0.7km long. Then it will
level crossings. The track will consist of from the main line in the Savio section of cross the Porvarinlahti railway bridge, in
60E1 rails on concrete sleepers and Kerava, approximately 25km from designing which special emphasis has been
ballast. Trains can have a maximum Helsinki. Here it will enter the 13.5km placed on noise abatement and water
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