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Laura Ansaharju appointed as VR Group’s Senior Vice President, HR

Laura Ansaharju (44), M.Sc., has been appointed VR Group's Senior Vice President, HR, and a member of the Group’s management team. She will take up her new role no later than 1 April 2022. Ansaharju joins us from Finnair, where she has worked in various personnel management and development posi...

3. January 2022 Press releases News and current issues

VR FleetCare to sign a 20-year maintenance agreement for Allegro trains operating between Russia and Finland

Russian Railways (RZD), Karelian Trains and the Finnish rail traffic maintenance company VR FleetCare have signed a 20-year agreement on the maintenance and lifecycle services concerning the high-speed trains operating between Helsinki and St. Petersburg starting from 2022. The rolling stock co...

10. December 2021 Press releases News and current issues

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 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

Prices for commuter services to be revised in January

12. January 2015 News and current issues

VR Group: Increase in railway logistics transport volume and decrease in long-distance passenger volume

3. November 2014 News and current issues

What kind of idea has potential to be a hit?

5. September 2014 News and current issues