Category: sweden

Sweden to upgrade Iron Ore Line after derailments and NATO accession

Sweden has decided to upgrade the Iron Ore Line, or Malmbanan in Swedish. The upgrades are necessary due to two recent derailments. Moreover, the country’s NATO accession requires the rail line to function properly at all times. The railway line in Sweden’s north is crucial for mining and military purposes. The Iron Ore Line stretches…

Nurminen Logistics opens rail link connecting Finland with port of Gothenburg

Finnish logistics company Nurminen Logistics will open a new rail route connecting northern Finland to the port of Gothenburg. The service will commence in April. According to the company, the new route helps Finland’s international accessibility at a time when routes through Russia are unavailable. The new rail route will run from Haparanda, a town […]

How can Sweden enhance rail freight capacity along the Öresund axis?

The Öresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, is one of the key rail nodes of the TEN-T Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor. However, many in the rail freight sector have been stressing about the lack of redundancy and viable alternatives in case of disruption. The Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) is currently debating three options to create additional capacity […]

Iron Ore Line to fully reopen this week after derailment

Traffic along the Iron Ore Line should fully restart on Thursday, 7 March, after a train derailed near Vassijaure, not far from the Sweden-Norway border, on 24 February. The particularity of this derailment is that it took place only four days after an adjacent section of the Line was reopened following another derailment in the […]

Another derailment along the Iron Ore Line, this time it may be sabotage

The Iron Ore Line, Europe’s northernmost rail border crossing connecting Sweden and Norway, is again closed due to a freight train derailment near Vassijaure. The line had just been reopened last week after another derailment took place near the same area in December. According to the Swedish police, the latest derailment is being treated as […]