Falkenberg railway

The traffic commander, Albert Simonsson did put forward a plan for a 30 kilometer long railway between Falkenberg and a village close to Gällared in 1890.

A proposal of a 600 mm railway, which would cost 823,000 Swedish Kronor was prepared by Fredrik Arvidsson Posse.

A company was formed at a meeting 16 April 1891 in Ljungby Inn, stocks would be issued for a total value of between 400,000 and 800,000 Swedish Kronor.

The men behind the proposed Varberg-Månsarp route opposed the new application, but it was still granted as they had not been able to secure enough capital to build the railway.

As long as this trade was substantial the railway remained successful, annually transporting over 50,000 tons of goods.

Concurrently less and less logging took place and passengers began travelling by cars and buses instead of by train.

World War II was a short relief as shortage of fuel and replacements forced people away from road traffic.