Buy the book The Krösatåget, the Småland train revolution, authored by Ingemar Lundin and Mr Sten-Åke Bergholm. Off-mainline rail transport in Sweden was considered more or less doomed in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Generous government subsidies for replacement bus services meant that many county companies abandoned train services in favour of road buses. Jönköping County had a widely branched railway network and, with determined employees in leading positions and in the face of fierce opposition, a new future for regional train services was created with new players.
The exciting story is told in two volumes by those who were there, led by Ingemar Lundin, former CEO of Jönköping County Transport.
