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Train traffic between Finland and Russia will start on 12 December 2021

Train traffic between Finland and Russia will start again after the break which started in spring 2020. Russia signed the decree on the opening of passenger train traffic on 2 December 2021. The Vainikkala border crossing station opened for passenger traffic by decision of the border control on...

7. December 2021 Press releases News and current issues

VR FleetCare chosen to maintain VR Group’s newest diesel locomotive

VR FleetCare, a Finnish rolling stock maintenance company, has signed an agreement with VR Group on the maintenance of the new Stadler diesel locomotive’s stock. The agreement period is 10 years, and the agreement enters into force in 2023 when the locomotives enter into commercial traffic.  Th...

2. December 2021 Press releases

VR Group business review for July–September 2021 – positive quarterly result in Passenger Services for the first time during the epidemic

VR Group’s net sales developed favourably in the third quarter. VR Passenger Services achieved a positive result, driven by leisure travel. The demand for VR Transpoint’s transport services remained at a good level.

27. October 2021 News and current issues

The procurement of VR Group’s new night train rolling stock advances

At the beginning of July 2021, VR Group launched the procurement of new night train rolling stock. The procurement includes nine sleeper cars and eight car-carrier wagons. It is a public procurement, and the aim is to complete it so that the supplier is selected no later than by summer 2022. Th...

8. July 2021 Press releases

Machine intelligence increases energy efficiency, punctuality and travel comfort for train traffic

During the spring, VR introduced a DAS system that assists the train driver in both passenger and freight trains. DAS helps to optimise driving the train to increase energy efficiency, improve punctuality and at the same time increase travel comfort. The system has been developed together with ...

5. July 2021 Press releases

VR Group’s subsidiary Finnlog is expanding its operations with 35 new wood chip wagons

VR Group’s Russian subsidiary Finnlog is expanding its rapidly growing operations. The company’s 35 new wagons will allow for importing wood chips from Russia to Finland.

8. June 2021 Press releases

Automated detection of train malfunctions with Train Scanner

Currently, a large part of rolling stock maintenance is manual inspection performed by human eyes. The objective has therefore been to proceed towards automated and systematic processes. In June, the rolling stock maintenance company VR FleetCare will deploy Train Scanner, a device designed to ...

20. May 2021 Press releases