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Data of the week: Why we will hear more about the Iron Ore Line in the future

  • Guest authors
  • October 15, 2025
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The Iron Ore Line (Swedish: Malmbanan), has been regularly in the news during the past two years. Several derailments in short succession sparked suspicions of…

  • Derailments
  • Faulty wheels
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  • Iron Ore Line
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Not sabotage nor climate change: Malmbanan derailment was caused by a faulty wheel

  • Marco Raimondi
  • May 27, 2025
  • 0

In December 2023, a freight train derailed along the Malmbanan (also known as Iron Ore Line) in Sweden. Swedish authorities have now concluded that the…

  • Infrastructure
  • Iron Ore Line
  • Malmbanan
  • Rail News
  • sweden

A better Iron Ore Line comes closer this year with large-scale improvements

  • Guest authors
  • April 16, 2025
  • 0

Sweden is going ahead with significant investments in the Iron Ore Line (Swedish: Malmbanan). The far-north railway is crucial for the logistics operations of mines…

  • Derailment
  • Iron Ore Line
  • Malmbanan
  • Rail freight
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  • sweden

Strong winds, temperature and a hole in a snow gallery are behind Iron Ore Line derailment

  • Guest authors
  • February 11, 2025
  • 0

The derailment on Sweden’s Iron Ore Line on 24 February 2024 was caused by strong winds, temperature difference between the ground and air, and a…

  • Derailment
  • Infrastructure
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  • Malmbanan
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  • sweden

Climate change likely major factor in Iron Ore Line derailments

  • Guest authors
  • October 9, 2024
  • 1

Two derailments in short succession on the Swedish Malmbanan, or Iron Ore Line in English, sparked suspicions of sabotage. Now that the investigations for the…

  • Infrastructure
  • Iron Ore Line
  • Malmbanan
  • Rail News
  • sweden

Sweden’s 2025 rail plan: Western mainline and Iron Ore Line to get upgrades

  • Guest authors
  • September 25, 2024
  • 0

Trafikverket, the Swedish Transport Administration, has published its rail plan for 2025. As part of the largest planned works, the agency intends to upgrade the…

  • ERTMS
  • Infrastructure
  • Iron Ore Line
  • Malmbanan
  • Rail News
  • sweden
  • Technology

The Iron Ore Line is now the first line in Sweden to have ERTMS (partially) installed

  • Guest authors
  • September 9, 2024
  • 0

The Iron Ore Line (Swedish: Malmbanan), now has ERTMS installed on a part of its length. Between Gällivare and Kiruna in northern Sweden, trains have…

  • Infrastructure
  • Iron Ore Line
  • Malmbanan
  • Norway
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  • sweden

Sweden and Norway concur: Iron Ore Line capacity and traffic will grow. But by how much?

  • Guest authors
  • September 3, 2024
  • 0

Traffic on the Iron Ore Line will grow, and capacity accordingly needs to be expanded. Both Sweden and Norway, which both have parts of the…

  • Business
  • Financial report
  • Iron Ore Line
  • LKAB
  • Malmbanan
  • Rail News
  • Trafikverket

LKAB profits nearly halved due to continuous problems on Iron Ore Line

  • Guest authors
  • August 16, 2024
  • 0

Sweden’s mining giant LKAB recorded a significant decline in its half yearly profits. The financial downturn is a result of persistent problems on the crucial…

  • Bane NOR
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Norway and Sweden enter into military rail wagon purchasing agreement

  • Guest authors
  • August 14, 2024
  • 0

Norwegian state-owned railway company Bane NOR, Norway’s Armed Forces and the Swedish Armed Forces have entered into a rail wagon purchasing agreement. Through the deal,…

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