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Ofoten Line
The
Ofoten Line
is a
railway line
in
Narvik
,
Norway
. It runs from the
Port of Narvik
to
Riksgränsen
on the
Norway–Sweden border
, where the line continues as the
Ore Line
via
Kiruna
and
Gällivare
to
Luleå
. The Ofoten Line is
single track
, electrified at and has seven stations. The line only connects to the rest of the
Norwegian railway network
via Sweden. The main traffic is up to twelve daily freight trains operated by
Malmtrafik
that haul
iron ore
from Sweden to Narvik. In addition,
CargoNet
operates container trains, branded as the Arctic Rail Express (ARE), and
SJ
operates passenger trains, including a night train to
Stockholm
. The Ofoten Line is also part of the
Northern East West Freight Corridor
, which hauls containers from China and India to North America.
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