jamesontheroad
Established Member
There has been a major derailment of a fully-laden iron ore train from Kiruna, Sweden in Narvik, Norway. There are at least 100 tonnes of iron ore in every wagon.
NRK reports in Norwegian. My translation:
Aftonbladet reports in Swedish. My translation:
As a result, the Stockholm-Narvik night train and Oslo-Narvik intermodal freight trains are disrupted. The latter might be more critical than the passenger train, since about 90% of fresh and frozen groceries going to shops north of Narvik from southern Norway come in truck trailers on these trains. I'm not sure where the nearest alternative loading/unloading terminal might be - probably about 175km away in Kiruna. The finely tuned logistics of just-in-time food supply to most of northern Norway is going to be affected.
Train 93 Narvik-Stockholm was cancelled on Sunday 12 March, and passengers were carried by road to Björkliden where they boarded a short train of daytime carriages as far as Boden. Info from Vy is here:
There is currently no prediction when the railway will re-open.
NRK reports in Norwegian. My translation:
Aftonbladet reports in Swedish. My translation:
As a result, the Stockholm-Narvik night train and Oslo-Narvik intermodal freight trains are disrupted. The latter might be more critical than the passenger train, since about 90% of fresh and frozen groceries going to shops north of Narvik from southern Norway come in truck trailers on these trains. I'm not sure where the nearest alternative loading/unloading terminal might be - probably about 175km away in Kiruna. The finely tuned logistics of just-in-time food supply to most of northern Norway is going to be affected.
Train 93 Narvik-Stockholm was cancelled on Sunday 12 March, and passengers were carried by road to Björkliden where they boarded a short train of daytime carriages as far as Boden. Info from Vy is here:
There is currently no prediction when the railway will re-open.