Infrastructure manager Banedanmark has selected a joint venture (JV) of Siemens and Per Aarsleff, a Denmark-based infrastructure contractor, as the preferred bidder to conduct the first phase of the Danish railway electrification programme.
Tthe companies are currently in final negotiations with Banedanmark and a contract is likely to be finalised by the end of this month.
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Work under the first phase of the project will include electrification of the 57km-long stretch between Esbjerg and Lunderskov, which is scheduled to be completed in the second half of 2016.
The electrification work will also be carried out on Køge-Naestved, Ringsted-Rødby and the new Copenhagen-Ringsted lines.
According to Banedanmark, the Aarsleff/Siemens JV has offered the most economical bid for the contract, beating offers from ASB consortium (Alstom, Bravida Danmark and SPL Powerlines), Strukton/Balfour Beatty and Obrascon Huarte Lain/TSO.
Banedanmark CEO Jesper Hansen said: "We have seen strong competition and good suggestions for such an important task, creating the framework for a far more modern railway."
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By GlobalDataDenmark is planning to electrify 1,300km of the network by 2026 through the kr28.5bn ($4.3bn) Togfonden DK fund.
The contract includes a further electrification of the Fredericia-Aalborg, Aalborg-Frederikshavn, Vejle-Struer and Roskilde-Kalundborg lines.
Image: Platforms at Copenhagen Central Station, Denmark. Photo: courtesy of Blondin Rikard via Wikipedia.
