Topic: Sweden

Sabotage seems ruled out Climate change likely major factor in Iron Ore Line derailments

Two derailments in short succession on the Swedish Malmbanan, or Iron Ore Line in English, sparked suspicions of sabotage. Now that the investigations for the…
Future disruptions Swedish West Coast mainline upgrade to hinder freight trains for years

As part of its 2025 rail plan, Sweden will start upgrading its Western mainline. Notably, the catenary between a suburb of Gothenburg and Alingsås will…
Money for rail freight Major rail freight money in largest Swedish transport budget ever

The Swedish government has presented a new transport budget for the period of 2026-2037. It will be spending over a trillion Swedish crowns, or more…
Infrastructure upgrades Sweden’s 2025 rail plan: Western mainline and Iron Ore Line to get upgrades

Trafikverket, the Swedish Transport Administration, has published its rail plan for 2025. As part of the largest planned works, the agency intends to upgrade the…
Rail ferry return Green Cargo and PKP in talks about renewed Sweden – Poland rail ferry

Representatives of Green Cargo and PKP met in order to discuss a possible restoration of rail ferry connections between Sweden and Poland. In the short…
Malmbanan The Iron Ore Line is now the first line in Sweden to have ERTMS (partially) installed

The Iron Ore Line (Swedish: Malmbanan), now has ERTMS installed on a part of its length. Between Gällivare and Kiruna in northern Sweden, trains have…
Future growth Sweden and Norway concur: Iron Ore Line capacity and traffic will grow. But by how much?

Traffic on the Iron Ore Line will grow, and capacity accordingly needs to be expanded. Both Sweden and Norway, which both have parts of the…
Quarterly results Green Cargo halves organic operating loss in Q2, worsens profit after tax

Swedish rail freight operator Green Cargo has halved its organic operating losses in the second quarter of 2024. Even if the company “still has a…
Defense cooperation Norway and Sweden enter into military rail wagon purchasing agreement

Norwegian state-owned railway company Bane NOR, Norway’s Armed Forces and the Swedish Armed Forces have entered into a rail wagon purchasing agreement. Through the deal,…