SYSTRA WINS ITS BIGGEST TRAMWAY PROJECT IN SWEDEN

Uppsala will soon join Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Norrköping, and Lund among the Swedish cities that have chosen the tramway. This university town, which benefited from this mode of transport between 1906 and 1953, is the fourth most populated city in the country, with 230,000 inhabitants, and should reach 320,000 inhabitants by 2050.

After a long phase of public surveys of road users, analyses of travel flows, and consultation with the population, the tramway appeared to be the best solution to guarantee a structured, efficient and high-capacity public mobility offer.

SYSTRA's Swedish teams were chosen as partners of Uppsala to supervise the construction of this new tramway, from site planning to the monitoring of construction work, including interfacing with all the local contractors selected by the local authorities.

The route of the future line will serve most of the employment and residential areas of Uppsala, connecting the two banks of the river Fyrisån. Its definition was discussed during the public consultation, to which SYSTRA contributed its expertise in multi-criteria analysis of transport modes. After the ground-breaking ceremony in 2025, the Uppsala tramway is expected to enter into service in 2029.