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Det kortaste spåret

Lalanda Rydh, Susanna LU (2025) EKHK31 20251
Department of Economic History
Abstract
In this essay I aim to find out about the closure of the Malmö-Simrishamns Järnväg, which was
the shortest way from the eastern to the western coast of Skåne. By giving a historical
background to the foundation and development of the railway and its importance for Skåne’s
economic development, and through a qualitative investigation of studies made in this area of
history of economics, I will try to find out what can have caused it to be closed down.
Certain factors can be discerned and the question is at what extent they play a role in the final
decision. My point areas of focus are two: How the development towards a vehicle based
transport made an impact on the decision regarding whether to keep and maintain the train based
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In this essay I aim to find out about the closure of the Malmö-Simrishamns Järnväg, which was
the shortest way from the eastern to the western coast of Skåne. By giving a historical
background to the foundation and development of the railway and its importance for Skåne’s
economic development, and through a qualitative investigation of studies made in this area of
history of economics, I will try to find out what can have caused it to be closed down.
Certain factors can be discerned and the question is at what extent they play a role in the final
decision. My point areas of focus are two: How the development towards a vehicle based
transport made an impact on the decision regarding whether to keep and maintain the train based
transport or not. Secondly, I focus on how the railroad impacted the remarkable differences in the
economic development of western and eastern Skåne. (Less)
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author
Lalanda Rydh, Susanna LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Det kortaste spåret - Orsaker till nedläggningen av Malmö-Simrishamns Järnväg
course
EKHK31 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Ekonomisk historia, Svensk järnvägshistoria, regional utveckling, Skåne
language
Swedish
id
9211353
date added to LUP
2025-10-27 08:30:19
date last changed
2025-10-27 08:30:19
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  abstract     = {{In this essay I aim to find out about the closure of the Malmö-Simrishamns Järnväg, which was
the shortest way from the eastern to the western coast of Skåne. By giving a historical
background to the foundation and development of the railway and its importance for Skåne’s
economic development, and through a qualitative investigation of studies made in this area of
history of economics, I will try to find out what can have caused it to be closed down.
Certain factors can be discerned and the question is at what extent they play a role in the final
decision. My point areas of focus are two: How the development towards a vehicle based
transport made an impact on the decision regarding whether to keep and maintain the train based
transport or not. Secondly, I focus on how the railroad impacted the remarkable differences in the
economic development of western and eastern Skåne.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Det kortaste spåret}},
  year         = {{2025}},
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