Holtab keeps Gothenburg’s trams rolling
In 2021, Sweden’s second city, Gothenburg, celebrated its 400th year. Trams are one of Gothenburg’s most famous features and they are powered by substations built by Holtab.
A secure electrical supply underpins society’s vital communications functions. Electricity, signalling and telecommunications issues are therefore central to any infrastructure project. We have extensive expertise in meeting the stringent demands of rail traffic and work together with a number of road and rail contractors, track owners and infrastructure consultants.
Trams are one of Gothenburg’s most famous features and they are powered by stations built by Holtab.
“It’s a fun project. I’m a keen fan of rail traffic,” says Karl-Jörgen Mathiasson from Omexom, who ordered rectifier stations from Holtab.
To increase capacity across Hallandsås Ridge, two parallel railway tunnels, each 8.7 kilometres long, were built. As subcontractor to our partner Goodtech – just like the work with Stockholm City Line – Holtab has delivered a large number of compact secondary substations (CSS) and technical buildings.
Holtab plays an important role in the electrification of Danish railways. All technical buildings to be used on the nine railway lines come from Holtab.
“We are very happy and proud of the assignment,” says Ebbe Klarskov from Holtab.
When the Norwegian railway administration, Bane NOR, needed help to increase traffic along the important Gjøvik line north of Oslo, Holtab collaborated and delivered a mobile switching station.
We offer prefabricated solutions, where the equipment is installed, tested and assured in our factories. In this way, we can guarantee fast and quality-assured delivery.
While our standard products often fulfil every need, sometimes unique adaptations are required. Our industry knowledge together with the fact that we're an independent manufacturer of medium-voltage equipment, plus the possibility to choose equipment for both the indoors and outdoors, makes for enormous flexibility.
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With our service agreement, you can ensure the operation of your power plant and avoid costly outages.
We tailor solutions to include preventative maintenance and preparedness for maximum availability.
Much of the technology we install in Holtab’s products can be connected. This means that everything, from metering and automation to energy efficiency and communication, is possible.
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In 2021, Sweden’s second city, Gothenburg, celebrated its 400th year. Trams are one of Gothenburg’s most famous features and they are powered by substations built by Holtab.
Two 8.7 kilometre parallel railway tunnels have been built to increase the traffic capacity over Hallandsåsen. As a subcontractor to our partner Goodtech – just like the assignment for the Stockholm City Line (Citybanan) – Holtab delivered a large number of substations and technical buildings.
A 6-km commuter train tunnel with two new stations has doubled rail capacity and facilitates transfers between commuter trains and the underground, as well as saving commuters many precious minutes.