Ofotbanen
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| Ofotbanen | |
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| Type | Railway |
| System | Norwegian railway |
| Terminals | Narvik Port Riksgränsen |
| No. of stations | 7 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | November 15, 1902 |
| Owner | Jernbaneverket |
| Operator(s) | CargoNet Malmtrafikk Ofotbanen |
| Character | Freight |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 43 |
| No. of tracks | 1 |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) |
| Electrification | 15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC |
| Highest elevation | 513 m |
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Ofotbanen is a railway line between Riksgränsen in Sweden and the port of Narvik in Norway. It is the northernmost of the national network railway lines in Norway. The line was opened on November 15, 1902, and electrified in 1923 at 15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC. In Sweden, the line is connected to Malmbanan.
Even though Ofotbanen has passenger trains with train services going all the way to Stockholm in southern Sweden (a 20-hour, 1580 km long journey), the line's most important function is the transportation of iron ore to the ice-free port of Narvik, where it is loaded onto ships and exported. The railway had 15,9 million tonnes of freight in 2006, more than all other railways in Norway combined[1]. The line is operated by the companies Ofotbanen, CargoNet. and Malmtrafikk.
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[edit] Operators
A number of companies operate on the line.
- Veolia Transportation (SJ from June 2008) operates passenger trains to Sweden (on behalf of Ofotbanen).
- Malmtrafikk operates the iron-ore trains to Kiruna.
- Ofotbanen and CargoNet operates general freight trains, including the ARE trains.
[edit] Future traffic opportunities
There are plans to use Narvik as a port for containers between North America and Russia/China. See Northern East West Freight Corridor.
[edit] Stations within Norway
| Station name | Municipality | Distance from Narvik port(km) | Altitude (m) |
| Narvik | Narvik | 3.7 | 46.6 |
| Straumsnes | Narvik | 13.8 | 177.8 |
| Rombak | Narvik | 20.1 | 264.7 |
| Katterat | Narvik | 29.7 | 373.5 |
| Søsterbekk | Narvik | 36.0 | n/a |
| Bjørnfjell | Narvik | 40.4 | 513.0 |
| Riksgränsen | 1 km inside Sweden | 43.0 | N/A |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Ofotbanen AS (Norwegian)
- Jerbaneverket's list of stations on Ofotbanen (Norwegian)
- Jernbaneverket's list of stations on Ofotbanen (in English but lacks descriptions)
- Article on Ofotbanen's history (Swedish)
