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title: Light Rail
url: "https://www.systra.com/denmark/en/markets/light-rail/"
type: markets
date_published: 2026-05-19
date_modified: 2026-06-22
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# Light Rail

![Light Rail](https://www.systra.com/denmark/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2024/01/17-0865-iph7_aarhus-letbane-2-vgn-dokk1_040717-scaled-e1770642047211.jpg)

**Light rail is a central part of urban infrastructure: high surface-level capacity, short construction time, and a low carbon footprint that is felt from the first day of operation. It connects housing and workplaces, relieves pressure on the road network, and provides reliable, accessible transport—often with lower operating costs than buses at high passenger volumes. At the same time, light rail acts as a catalyst for urban development: station-adjacent areas become denser, public spaces are enhanced, and journey times become more predictable, all while requiring significantly less space than traditional road expansions.**

## International and local experience

At SYSTRA, we work across disciplines from the earliest concept stage through to
operations. This means that rail, road, public realm, electrical and signalling
engineers, geotechnical specialists, and transport planners develop solutions
within one integrated process. We place strong emphasis on early risk
identification, realistic phasing designs, and close collaboration with
authorities and utility companies, so that conflicts are identified and resolved
before they have an impact. Our international experience from light rail
projects is combined with local conditions, standards, and delivery
practices—and our digital workflows make it easier to manage changes, document
decisions, and ensure traceability.

![](https://www.systra.com/denmark/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2024/01/04_letbane-1024x768.jpg)

## Vestre strandallé in Aarhus

A new passing station at Vestre Strandallé has increased capacity and made
operations more robust, enabling more frequent services between Hornslet and
Aarhus Central Station. The new passing track allows light rail vehicles to pass
each other at this location, while the new platform brings the station together
and improves the connection to the bus stop.

SYSTRA delivered the project as lead consultant in close collaboration with
Aarhus Letbane I/S, Aarsleff Rail A/S, and Railtech.

## services

We work with different kinds of services within light rail:

- Strategic planning, traffic and passenger analyses, as well as business case
  and economic assessments
- Alignment planning, route and station design, including public realm,
  accessibility, and multimodal integration
- Geotechnics, excavation works, drainage and pavement design, as well as
  utility diversion management
- Rail engineering: trackform, sizing, superstructure/substructure, and
  vibration/noise mitigation
- Systems: power supply, including catenary and catenary-free solutions,
  signalling, SRO/SCADA, communications, and safety
- Bridges, tunnels, and special structures along the route
- Traffic management, temporary solutions, and phasing design in urban
  environments with operations maintained during construction
- Regulatory approvals, EIA/environmental matters, easements, and stakeholder
  management
- Procurement strategy, contracting, including design and build and alliances,
  as well as requirements management and design assurance
- Construction management, supervision, testing and commissioning, RAMS, and
  operational readiness
- Asset management, maintenance strategy, and lifecycle optimisation

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