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This mega train has allowed
the mine to go into overdrive. What started as a hole in the ground
is now one of the most sophisticated mines anywhere in the world. They've gone from opencast mining
and removing the top of the mountain to going
over a kilometre underneath. And underneath there is a whole
world in itself. It's a huge, huge city, but underground. The mining operation at Kiruna
is absolutely vast. There are something like 400km of road and routes underneath. And there are even
trains inside that mine
the mine to go into overdrive. What started as a hole in the ground
is now one of the most sophisticated mines anywhere in the world. They've gone from opencast mining
and removing the top of the mountain to going
over a kilometre underneath. And underneath there is a whole
world in itself. It's a huge, huge city, but underground. The mining operation at Kiruna
is absolutely vast. There are something like 400km of road and routes underneath. And there are even
trains inside that mine
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This mega train has allowed
the mine to go into overdrive.
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What started as a hole in the ground
is now one of the most sophisticated
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mines anywhere in the world.
00:00:14.056 --> 00:00:17.879
They've gone from opencast mining
and removing the top of the mountain
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to going
over a kilometre underneath.
00:00:21.092 --> 00:00:25.839
And underneath there is a whole
world in itself.
00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:28.044
It's a huge, huge city,
00:00:28.048 --> 00:00:29.048
but underground.
00:00:31.002 --> 00:00:35.052
The mining operation at Kiruna
is absolutely vast.
00:00:35.056 --> 00:00:37.879
There are something like 400km
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of road and routes underneath.
00:00:40.052 --> 00:00:43.319
And there are even
trains inside that mine.
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Movie Summary
Many of the world's most spectacular railways are surrounded by mysterious stories, tales and sagas. But these back stories have been lost to the passing years and are now unknown even to those using the railways daily.
