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LKAB reports derailment on the Ore Railway

Swedish iron ore miner LKAB reported that a fully-loaded ore train derailed near Vassijaure Station, near the Norwegian border, on the evening of December 17.

 LKAB has not been able to access the accident site

LKAB has not been able to access the accident site

Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration) estimates that traffic on the line will not resume until early January. The derailment happened when the train was entering a so-called snow shed,...

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