In May, Swedish Railways made a serious appeal for additional investments in rail freight. A quarter of the country’s industry is affected by rail disruptions,…
Sweden’s traffic administration intends to advance several rail infrastructure projects along the country’s northern Iron Ore Line, which is crucial for mines in the area.…
LKAB, the largest iron ore producer in Europe, said that some of its facilities might close unless capacity along the Iron Ore Line, or Malmbanan,…
Sweden has decided to upgrade the Iron Ore Line, or Malmbanan in Swedish. The upgrades are necessary due to two recent derailments. Moreover, the country’s…
The Öresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, is one of the key rail nodes of the TEN-T Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor. However, many in the rail freight…
Traffic along the Iron Ore Line should fully restart on Thursday, 7 March, after a train derailed near Vassijaure, not far from the Sweden-Norway border,…
In Europe, demand for available rail infrastructure continues to increase sharply. Indeed, further modal shift towards this more sustainable type of transportation is a key…
The railway line stretching from Oslo, in Norway, to Gothenburg, in Sweden, is currently one of the main bottlenecks along the TEN-T Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor. A…
The Swedish Transport Administration Trafikverket is considering financing new rail freight projects through government loans that might total over 2.5 billion euros. This, according to…
The Swedish government tasked the country’s infrastructure manager Trafikverket to find solutions to improve maintenance planning and traffic reliability. The deadline set for Trafikverket to…
Slovenia is currently being hit by heavy rain causing floods and significant damage to the country’s infrastructure. The same is happening in the north of…
The rail planning system implemented for 2023 in Sweden (MPK) has been quite disruptive for rail freight operations in the country. Many companies are lamenting…