page_title: LKAB Malmtrafik
section_title: Rolling stock
hierarchical_section_title: LKAB Malmtrafik / Rolling stock
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: MTAB IORE mit leerem Erzzug beim Torneträsk (See im Hintergrund), zwischen Abisko und Kiruna English: MTAB IORE with an empty ore train near Torneträsk (the lake in the background), between Abisko and Kiruna Français&#160;: Locomotives IORE de la compagnie MTAB tractant un train de minerai vide. Photo prise près du lac Torneträsk (en arrière plan), entre Abisko et Kiruna, en Suède. Italiano: Un treno di carri (vuoti) per minerali ferrosi con in testa un locomotore Bombardier IORE percorre la Malmbanan lungo il lago Torneträsk presso Kiruna Svenska: MTAB IORE med ett tomt malmtåg nära Torneträsk (sjön i bakgrunden), mellan Abisko och Kiruna
context_page_description: LKAB Malmtrafik, earlier Malmtrafik i Kiruna AB, is a Swedish railway company which operates the iron ore freight trains on the Iron Ore Line and the Ofoten Line. MTAB is a wholly owned subsidiary of the mining company Luossavaara–Kiirunavaara. In Norway, operations are handled by the subsidiary Malmtrafikk AS. Malmtrafik hauls ore from LKAB's mines in Kiruna, Malmberget and Svappavaara to the ports of Luleå and Narvik, the latter located in Norway. The company owns 28 Iore locomotives and 750 hopper cars. Each train is 68 cars long and weighs 8,600 tonnes, allowing the company to transport 33 million tonnes per year.
  Traditionally the ore hauling had been done by the Swedish State Railways and Norwegian State Railways. In the late 1980s, LKAB started a process to take over operations and increase efficiency by using heavier and longer trains. Because of the profitability in the operations, especially NSB was reluctant to lose the operations. In 1993, LKAB received permission to operate their own trains in Sweden, and from 1996 in Norway. MTAB and MTAS were created in 1996 when they took over the hauling formerly operated by NSB and SJ. It inherited Dm3 and El 15 locomotives.
caption: An Iore hauling an ore train near Torneträsk
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