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Name: Ramboll Rail Consultancy – Full Service Solutions
Brand: Ramboll

Rail operators and authorities face demands for reliable, sustainable and digital railway system. We help our clients by delivering efficient, resilient, and future-ready rail solutions worldwide, from concept to operation.

Gothenburg, Sweden - August 6, 2019: Train ready to depart, isolated, compressed background

Engineering railways that moves society forward

With more than 600 dedicated rail engineers and consultants, Ramboll delivers comprehensive services across the entire rail lifecycle, from strategic planning and feasibility studies to detailed design, construction support, and long-term asset management.

Our teams bring expertise across heavy rail, metro, and light rail systems, with specialist capabilities in signalling, electrification, asset management, and strategic advisory. We help clients improve connectivity, resilience, and environmental mitigation efforts to meet the evolving demands of passengers, network operators, and society.

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Multidisciplinary consultancy

Ramboll delivers major complex projects requiring specialist railway expertise combined with more general capability in civil engineering, structural engineering, environmental services, IT and project management.

Rail in numbers

: 600
Number of Ramboll experts working within the rail sector

: 100%
Ramboll has worked on all existing Nordic light rail systems in the last decade
: 1st
Ramboll is delivering the world’s first nationwide ERTMS digital signalling rollout in Denmark

Rail expertise and services

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Heavy rail
We expand, manage and modernise rail lines across the world. Working in challenging environments, we use our cross-cutting expertise in bridges and tunnels and environmental assessments to ensure safe and fast rail lines that are also operational and simple to maintain.
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Metro and Light Rail
Our expertise within rail engineering, traffic planning, and urbanisation covers all disciplines of metro and light rail projects. We take a holistic approach and provide multidisciplinary consultancy services, from regional and comprehensive planning to detailed design of railway infrastructure.
More on Light rail solutions
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European Rail Traffic Management System
In Europe, a common signalling system known as ERTMS is being introduced to enable seamless rail travel across borders. Ramboll has extensive experience with ERTMS, ETCS and GSM-R radio – including designing the world’s first nationwide ERTMS system.
More on digital railways

Lifecycle management services for rail engineering: planning, design, implementation, operation, maintenance & components

Every journey starts with a conversation

Every railway system and project has it’s unique set of challenges and solutions. Our team is here to help across the entire rail lifecycle with expertise in heavy rail, metro and light rails systems.

Explore railway solutions and projects

Our rail specialists work with clients to solve industry challenges and deliver projects around the world. For inspiration, explore our collection of railway cases below

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"With Ramboll as part of the engineering consortium, we have bundled experience and expertise in rail planning to implement the project successfully and within the specified time frame."

Jutta Heine-Seela

Project Manager, DB Netz AG

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How to approach rail market liberalisation

Rail is at the centre of Europe’s mobility ambitions — and its regulatory dilemmas. As passenger demand grows and climate targets tighten, governments are being asked to reform how rail is structured, funded, and operated. But beneath the surface of EU directives lies a much more complex and human reality: no two markets are alike, and liberalisation is not a copy-paste exercise.

Alliance infrastructure project delivery model

In early 2017, commuters in Helsinki were promised a new light rail line connecting the eastern and western suburbs. Large-scale transport projects are rarely delivered on time or ahead of schedule. Yet Light Rail Line 15 not only opened 10 months early but also close to 10% below budget. The secret? A procurement model that is turning traditional contracting on its head: the Alliance Model.

The urban redevelopment in Stockholm Central

Railways move millions, but railyards can be barrier between people and places. An urban redevelopment project in and around the historic Stockholm Central Station aims to solve the dilemma. Here are the highlights.

Reducing embedded emissions in infrastructure

A new report, “Towards Low-Carbon Transport Infrastructure in the Nordics”, funded by the European Climate Foundation, reveals that while the Nordic region is a leader in sustainability, the emissions embedded in transport infrastructure remain largely overlooked and recommends a series of actions to address them.

Collaboration on infrastructure projects

Road and rail infrastructure in Helsinki

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Join our rail team

Help shape sustainable rail solutions that connect people and places. Explore our open roles and design the rail systems of tomorrow with Ramboll.

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Contact our rail experts today

Huschke Diekmann
Global Sector Rail Director & Global Rail Spearhead Director
+49 174 7425302
Frode Mo
Global Division Director, Rail Systems
+47 91 74 23 60
Nils Jänig
Director Rail Germany
+49 721 72191549767

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