Malmbanan

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Malmbanan is a major Swedish railway line in the far north, primarily used to transport iron ore from inland mines to the ports of Luleå and Narvik.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Malmbanan canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf freight railway
railway line
connectedToNetwork Swedish national railway network
connects Luleå
Narvik
connectsTo Ofotbanen
country Sweden
crosses Arctic Circle
electrification 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC overhead line
endPoint Port of Luleå
Port of Narvik
gauge 1435 mm
hasCrossBorderSection Sweden–Norway border
hasFeature harsh winter conditions
heavy haul operations
hasStation Boden Central Station
Gällivare Station
Kiruna Central Station
Luleå Central Station
Narvik Station
languageOfName Swedish
lineType single track
locatedIn Norrbotten County
northern Sweden
mainFreightOperator Green Cargo
LKAB
maxAxleLoad 30 tonnes
namedAfter iron ore (malm in Swedish)
opened late 19th century
operator Trafikverket
owner Trafikverket
partOf Iron Ore Line system
linked to: Iron Ore Line
passesThrough Boden
Gällivare
Kiruna
primaryUse iron ore transport
servesIndustry iron ore mining
servesMine Kiruna mine
linked to: Kiruna Mine

Malmberget mine
linked to: Malmberget

Svappavaara mines
linked to: Svappavaara mine
strategicImportance export of Swedish iron ore
terminus Luleå
Narvik
terminusCountry Norway
Sweden
trackGauge standard gauge
usedFor freight transport
passenger transport

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Gällivare railConnection Malmbanan
Iron Ore Line alsoKnownAs Malmbanan