Operations Iron Ore Line

map of iron ore line

lkab operates iron ore mines in kiruna, svappavaara , malmberget in norrbotten county, sweden. of output transported rail ice-free port of narvik, route named northern circuit. minority of ore transported luleå on southern circuit. located on baltic sea, ore shipped baltic customers, or delivered furnaces operated ssab in luleå , oxelösund. ore , ofoten lines 536 kilometres (333 mi) long, including branch svappavaara, route kiruna narvik being 170 kilometres (110 mi), , malmberget luleå being 220 kilometres (140 mi). operations handled lkab s subsidiary malmtrafik kiruna (mtab) in sweden, , malmtrafikk (mtas) in norway. daily there operate 11 13 trains in each direction on northern circuit, , 5 6 trains on southern circuit.

the trains hauled iore-class locomotives 68 cars long , weigh 8,600 tonnes (8,500 long tons; 9,500 short tons). riksgränsen on national border port of narvik, trains use fifth of power regenerate. regenerated energy sufficient power empty trains national border. although trains , hopper cars owned lkab, line owned swedish transport administration , norwegian national rail administration. ore , ofoten lines used passenger , container trains.

iron ore transported northland resources mine in kaunisvaara narvik, started in small scale december 2012.

cargonet operates 2 daily container trains alnabru terminal in oslo, norway, named arctic rail express (are). trains operate via sweden , take 27 hours. trains haul food northbound , fish southbound along distance of 1,950 kilometres (1,210 mi). db schenker launched competing service in january 2011. there 0.5 million tonnes of non-ore freight transport on ofoten line each year.

sj operates 3 daily trains narvik kiruna central station, of 2 continue onwards, either luleå central station or stockholm central station. trains stockholm night trains. travel time narvik kiruna 3 hours , 1 minute, travel time luleå 7 hours , 4 minutes, , travel time stockholm 18 hours , 25 minutes.