In order to make the land railway-ready, Train Alliance creates the conditions, including applying for all the permits required to establish side-system railway operations. In addition to the approved zoning plan, establishing a connection to the Swedish Transport Administration’s main system must also be possible. The process of making land railway-ready is time-consuming and complex. Improvement work is not visible in the income statement until a sale has been made or construction has begun.

The land holdings in Hallsberg and Sigtuna have been railway-ready since 2019 and 2022 respectively, with a total of just over one million square meters of land for railway-related purposes with connection to the Swedish Transport Administration’s main system, with zoning plans specified for railway operations. In addition, Train Alliance is creating a national network for locomotive and freight car maintenance and has secured railway-ready locations and land also in Malmö, Gothenburg, Borlänge, and Luleå/Boden. Improvement processes to create railway-ready land are currently ongoing in Västerås.

Train Alliance continuously seeks out land areas that may be of interest to customers. The planning process takes into account a number of unique factors that make the land suitable for railway purposes. Early in the process, the railway’s circulation, traffic forecasts, upcoming rolling stock acquisitions, current workshop structures and their operational capability are studied. The methodology has resulted in an internal database that is used to support the decision-making process.