Private company

BK Tåg

Swedish railway company

BK Tåg AB, trading as BK Tåg, was a Swedish train operator. BK Tåg was one of the first private operators on the Swedish railway network after its liberalisation. When they won the tender for the operation of Krösatågen in 1989 it was the first time a private company competed with SJ in modern times.2 It is part of Karlssongruppen.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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2024-07-28 3528 Tågab T43 113 i Kristinehamn
Photo: G och J, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

BK Tåg AB, trading as BK Tåg, was a Swedish train operator. BK Tåg was one of the first private operators on the Swedish railway network after its liberalisation. When they won the tender for the operation of Krösatågen in 1989 it was the first time a private company competed with SJ in modern times. During the 1990s BK tåg experienced growth in both the passenger and freight sector including regional trains between Borlänge and Malung. In 2002 the company signed several agreements to operate container trains and intermodal transports including transports of LPG and paper. During this time BK Tåg was a serious competitor to more established operators including Green Cargo and CargoNet.2

Corporate structure

BK Tåg is part of a group headed by Karlssongruppen. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Karlssongruppen Vetlanda, Sweden
    • BK Tåg
    • Wetlandia Aktiebolag Subsidiary · Vetlanda, Sweden

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

In 1989 BK Tåg received their first passenger contract to operate Krösatågen in Småland, during the 90s and 00s BK expanded and started passenger services on the following lines:

Nässjö–Hultsfred–Oskarshamn, Nässjö–Åseda, Nässjö–Halmstad/Torup–Hyltebruk and Jönköping–Värnamo, during a four-year period starting in 1990.

Malung–Borlänge C in Dalarna from the 9 June 1992 until 11 June 1994.

Nässjö–Tranås from 10 June 1996 and Nässjö–Sävsjö from 5 August 1996

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Simrishamn–Ystad, during 1995–1999 marketed as SiTy-tågen.

Linköping–Kalmar (Stångådalsbanan) from 25 june 2002 on a five-year contract that never was fulfilled as on the 2 May 2005 SJ took over operations on the line.

Linköping–Västervik (Tjustbanan) from 25 June 2002 on a five-year contract that never was fulfilled as on the 2 May 2005 SJ took over operations on the line.

From Wikipedia’s article on BK Tåg, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Sources

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