In the national plan proposal that the Swedish Transport Administration is now presenting, the previously planned double track is omitted and the stage Kubikenborg-Dingersjö is completely deleted, while Gävle-Kringlan gets a significantly reduced budget.
"It's a very harsh and incomprehensible blow to the inhabitants, companies and development in the north - and hampers in practice the development in all of Sweden", says Niklas Säwén, chairman of the municipal council in Sundsvall, in a press release.
The message means that what has been called "Sweden's longest bottleneck" will not be built away. This should, according to Niklas Säwén, mean continued long travel times and risk of major disruptions and lack of capacity.
"Now the question arises: Should northern Sweden be content with a soon hundred-year-old railway, with long travel times and lack of quality?", says Ingela Bendrot, CEO of Nya Ostkustbanan, in the press release.
