I HAVE PREVIOUSLY POSTED A MAP OF kIRUNA TO NARVIK. THE LINE IS PRIMARILY FOR FREIGHT, SPECIFICALLY IRON ORE. iT IS SINGLE TRACK.
THE STATION NEAR THE BORDER OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY ON THE SWEDISH SIDE IS VASSIJEURE.
Malmbanan, "the ore rail", is a railway line between Luleå, Sweden, and Narvik, Norway. The part of the line that is on Norwegian territory between Narvik and Riksgränsen is called Ofotbanen. The Swedish part of the line is the northernmost railway in Sweden and in the whole of the European Union.
The line is used by the mining company LKAB to transport their iron ore from the mines in Kiruna and Malmberget to the ports in Narvik and Luleå. The railway allows 8600 tonnes train weight and 30 tonnes axle weight. Both figures are higher than any other Scandinavian railway. In a voting about Sweden's most beautiful railway, organised by Banverket in 2006 among railway employees, the route between Torneträsk and the border won by a clear margin.
THE LIST OF STATIONS IS:
[hide]Banverket — Malmbanan
Head station
473 Narvik
Stop on track
463 Straumsnes
Stop on track
455 Rombak
Stop on track
446 Katterat
Stop on track
440 Søsterbekk
Stop on track
435 Bjørnfjell
Restricted border on track
Sweden / Norway border
Stop on track
433 Riksgränsen
Stop on track
430 Katterjåkk
Stop on track
426 Vassijaure
Stop on track
423 Låktatjåkka
Stop on track
415 Kopperåsen
Stop on track
406 Björkliden
Stop on track
399 Abisko turiststation
Stop on track
397 Abisko Östra
Stop on track
388 Stordalen
Stop on track
375 Kaisepakte
Stop on track
365 Stenbacken
Stop on track
355 Torneträsk
Stop on track
345 Bergfors
Stop on track
336 Rensjön
Stop on track
325 Rautas
Stop on track
315 Krokvik
Stop on track
306 Kiruna lokbangård
Non-passenger terminus
305 Kiruna malmbangård
Station on track
304 Kiruna Central
Unknown route-map component "ABZld" Transverse track
tHAT MEANS vASSIJURE IS 47KM SOUTH OF NARVIK AND NARVIK IS 169 KM NORTH OF KIRUNA