The construction of a new railroad platform

The downside of living in the north of Sweden is bad traffic communications. From Sundsvall (around 170 miles to the south) it gets much better. The daily train traffic from there is a lot more frequent. From Umeå, only like 2 trains a day stop for travelers, with Gothenburg (via Stockholm) as only destination.

However, the plans on the Botnia railway has been around since the late 90's. Now, around ten years later, it has finally started to happen things. I must say this really amazes me. The new "Botnia" line will evidently have at least one additional stop (compared with today's trains, stopping only at Umeå C). The construction work of a whole new platform is fascinating. It's called "Umeå Östra" (Umea East) and will be located just beside the University Hospital. In other words, really not that far away from where I live. As I pass by this spot more or less by daily routine, I can't have escaped the progress of the construction work. I'm so impressed, I've actually started taking photographs of it. Here, I post some of the pictures.



It's truly amazing how they're going to blow up a new tunnel, really not sure where it's going to lead. The preparations seems to lead under the car roundabout which lies between the becoming platform and the hospital. Well, I won't say too much, since I really don't know. Anyways, it's exciting.