STRABAG AG awarded contract for Boll-Sinneringen bypass
12 March 2019
- Boll-Sinneringen rail bypass
- Construction cost: about CHF 9.5 million
- Project schedule: approx. late May 2019 through spring 2021
Schlieren/Bern, 12 March 2019---STRABAG AG has been awarded the contract for the transportation infrastructures and civil engineering works for the Boll-Sinneringen rail bypass in the Bernese municipality of Vechingen. The project foresees changing the route of the railway by moving it to the south.
“We are pleased that we have been able to contribute to the expansion of the regional rail network,” says Dominic Bannholzer, technical business unit manager for Transportation Infrastructures West at STRABAG AG. “Infrastructure construction is one of our core areas. With our competent team on site, we can deliver optimal solutions and contribute to the future development of the region. Here we are separating the track from the road and will eliminate three level crossings that had been secured only by flashing lights and without barriers.”
All of the measures will increase safety and improve the train crossings. A new station will also be built at Boll-Utzigen. The client is RBS, the regional transport association for Bern-Solothurn. The works for STRABAG AG include the new construction of the 425 m railway embankment between Worbstrasse and Bernstrasse, the main element of the project, as well as the construction of the Moosgasse underpass and of the access roads to the new station area.
