VR to sell passenger coaches – registration for the auction open in February
31. January 2024 News and current issues
VR will sell 29 InterCity coaches and 22 “blue coaches”, i.e. older express train coaches and sleeper cars. Advance registration for the closed auction for companies and associations will take place on 12–29 February 2024.
The coaches put up for sale have served as spare rolling stock, and some of them have been in commercial use until the end of 2023. The coaches are at the end of their life cycle, but their railworthiness can be extended with the necessary maintenance and renovation work.
Further information about the auction can be found here
Media release 28 December 2023: VR to sell surplus passenger carriages
Learn more about VR’s other measures to promote competition:
VR to sell railworthy diesel locomotives
VR supports the organisation of regional contract traffic by commuting area (in Finnish)
VR to gradually relinquish ownership of its station properties (in Finnish)
VR promotes competition in rail transport – sells 11 train units to Suomen Lähijunat Oy (in Finnish)
