Kirkenes-Bjørnevatnbanen

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Kirkenes-Bjørnevatnbanen
The port at Kirkenes was the northern terminus of the railway
Info
Type	Railway
System	Bjørnevatn Mine
Start station	Kirkenes
End station	Bjørnevatn
No. of stations	0
Operation
Opened	1910
Closed	1997
Owner	AS Syd-Varanger
Operator(s)	AS Syd-Varanger
Character	Freight
Technical
No. of tracks	1
Electrified	No

Kirkenes-Bjørnevatnbanen or the Kirkenes-Bjørnevatn Line is an abandoned railway between the port at Kirkenes and the mine at Bjørnevatn in Sør-Varanger, Norway. Opened in 1910, the single track railway was used exclusively for ore-hauling freight trains. The line was the most northerly in the world until it was closed in 1997 when the mines were abandoned.

There are plans to connect the line to the Russian Railways at Nikel, only 40 km away from Kirkenes, to allow access to the ice-free port at Kirkenes.

Railway lines in Norway
Operational Arendalsbanen \| Askerbanen \| Bergensbanen \| Bratsbergbanen \| Dovrebanen \| Drammenbanen \| Gardermobanen \| Gjøvikbanen \| Hovedbanen \| Indre Østfoldbanen \| Kongsvingerbanen \| Meråkerbanen \| Nordlandsbanen \| Ofotbanen \| Randsfjordbanen \| Raumabanen \| Jevnakerbanen \| Rørosbanen \| Solørbanen \| Sørlandsbanen \| Vestfoldbanen \| Østfoldbanen
Branch Alnabru-Loengalinjen \| Alnabanen \| Brevikbanen \| Dalane-Suldallinjen \| Flåmsbana \| Hortenlinjen \| Skøyen-Filipstadlinjen \| Spikkestadlinjen \| Stavnebanen
Urban Ekebergbanen \| Fellestunnelen \| Fløibanen \| Furusetbanen \| Grorudbanen \| Gråkallbanen \| Holmenkollbanen \| Kjelsåsbanen \| Kolsåsbanen \| Lambertseterbanen \| Lilleakerbanen \| Røabanen \| Sognsvannsbanen \| T-baneringen \| Østensjøbanen
Heritage Krøderbanen \| Setesdalsbanen \| Urskog-Hølandsbanen \| Thamshavnbanen \| Rjukanbanen \| Valdresbanen \| Nesttun-Osbanen \| Gamle Vossebanen
Abandoned Elgeseterlinjen \| Flekkefjordbanen \| Grimstadbanen \| Hardangerbanen \| Hauerseter-Gardermobanen \| Havnebanen \| Holmestrand-Vittingfossbanen \| Ilalinjen \| Ladelinjen \| Lierbanen \| Lillesand-laksvandbanen \| Kirkenes-Bjørnevatnbanen \| Namsoslinjen \| Numedalsbanen \| Setesdalsbanen \| Singsakerlinjen \| Sperillbanen \| Sulitjelmabanen \| Tinnosbanen \| Treungenbanen \| Tønsberg-Eidsfossbanen \| Ålgårdbanen