Swedish Transport Administration
The Hallandsås Tunnel gives a time saving of 10 to 15 minutes for passenger trains. The capacity across the ridge will increase from 4 to 24 trains per hour (both directions together; in reality there will be 8-10 trains per hour in 2016). The tunnel project was conceived by the European Round Table of Industrialists and the newly formed Swedish Rail Administration ("Banverket", now part of the Swedish Transport Administration or "Trafikverket") in the 1980s.