[SE] Malmbanan closed

[JonasB]

The day before yesterday a loaded ore train derailed between between Gällivare and Kiruna, so Malmbanan is now closed between the cities until the line can be repaired. https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/norrbotten/malmtag-med-38-vagnar-sparade-ur-utanfor-gallivare

38 of the 68 ore cars in the 8000 ton heavy train derailed. 800 m of track needs to be rebuilt and a 3 km road has been built to access the site.

Anders Lindberg from LKAB writes a bit about the incident on his twitter account: https://twitter.com/Anders_Lindberg/status/1458083986513747979 (with lots of images and video)

 

[Gloster]

Recollection, albeit a bit out of date, is that this part of the line sees the fewest iron-ore trains: Kiruna ones are more likely to go Narvik, while Gällivare ones go to Luleå. However, much of the line is pretty inaccessible.

 

[JonasB]

Recollection, albeit a bit out of date, is that this part of the line sees the fewest iron-ore trains: Kiruna ones are more likely to go Narvik, while Gällivare ones go to Luleå.

I think that it the case, but I'm not an expert on the issue.