[9/9/2003 4]
The Citytunnel project begins pre-qualification for the construction of surveillance systems
The Citytunnel project's pre-qualification of contractors for building the Citytunnel is taking a step further with the contract E306 SCADA, ITV and fire alarms. The contract is for three surveillance and control systems of the safety related installations in the Citytunnel.
The systems include SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) for surveillance and control of technical equipment and other systems, ITV for internal TV monitoring of different areas, for example intersecting tunnels and stations, and fire alarms.
The contract is made public through an announcement in the EU bulletin Official Journal. When the Citytunnel project has established the qualifications of the applicants, pre-qualified contractors will be invited to submit a tender. The purchase should be completed by the end of 2004.
The Citytunnel project, which is made up of 17 kilometres of railway, connecting Malmö Central Station and the Oresund Bridge, brings together the railway systems in Southern Sweden and increases the capacity for railway traffic in the future. The Citytunnel project is made up of a six-kilometre-long tunnel under central Malmö and eleven kilometres of railway above ground. Malmö Central Station will be added with an underground section. New stations will be built at Triangeln and in Hyllie in south of Malmö.
When all permits are in order the construction can start in 2004. The Citytunnel project is planned to be finished in 2009. The cost of the project is estimated at 8.8 BSEK according to monetary value in 2001.