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National interest area for recreation
Landskrona station new station wing
National interest area for nature
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Natura 2000 and Nature reserve
approximate location for the artificial island
LANDSKRONA STATION •
The new station wing of Landskrona station is built
ARTIFICIAL ISLAND AND NATURE PROTECTIONS
in a cut, similarly to how Hyllie station was built in
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Malmö. •
The station wing is placed directly southwest of the existing station with simple connections between the
shorter. •
Two freight tracks are located in the middle of the station so that the freight trains can pass without
sund to be unaffected by the new island. •
The partition walls between the freight tracks and the passenger train tracks secures that passengers
The island also contributes to the immersed tunnel starting a little further from the Natura 2000-area and
disturbing or having to wait for the passenger trains. •
The placement of the island just south of the existing island Gråen allows for the water flow through Öre-
two to simplify train changes for the passengers. •
The artificial island makes the tunnel under Öresund
the Nature reserve around the mouth of the Saxå river. •
The Natura 2000-area and nature reserve protect both bird habitats and the eelgrass beds that grows
waiting on the platforms are not disturbed by noise.
on the shallow and fine-grained seabed in the Lundåkra bay outside the mouth of the Saxå river. •
To protect the sensitive values under the sea surface both the island and the immersed tunnel need to be built with great care to prevent the water from roiling.
EUROPASPÅRET – CONNECTING SWEDEN AND DENMARK
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