VR Group - News and press releases
- Practice familiar from the metro extended to trains: Buy your ticket before boarding the commuter train On 19 June, a new customer service model will be introduced in the Helsinki region commuter trains. Ticket sales in commuter trains will end and conductors w... Read more
- First MaaS pilots realised this spring: VR to start building travel chains in Finland VR will build nationwide travel chains in Finland to make travelling smoother and more carefree. Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is an entity in which VR can serve... Read more
- Strong performance for VR Group’s Finnish business operations The Group's operating profit was EUR 43.3 (65.4) million. Comparable net sales fell by 3.6 per cent. A total of 117.9 million passenger trips were made. The qu... Read more
- Christmas is approaching – trains are filling for the holidays Finns have been buying train tickets at a record pace – the number of seats sold for trains in the Christmas period is about one third more than last year. This... Read more
- Martti Koskinen to become Acting Director of VR Transpoint Martti Koskinen, Director of Sales and Marketing at VR Group’s Logistics Division (VR Transpoint), has been appointed Director of VR Transpoint on a temporary b... Read more
- Harri Lukkarinen appointed Managing Director of VR Track Harri Lukkarinen has been appointed the new Managing Director of VR Track, the infrastructure company of VR Group. He will take up his new position immediately.... Read more
- Little change in VR Group’s operating profit • VR Group’s operating profit in January−September was EUR 25.5 million. • In passenger services, the total number of journeys increased, and 83.9 millio... Read more
- Rolf Jansson appointed President and CEO of the VR Group Rolf Jansson has been appointed President and CEO of the VR Group. He will assume his new post immediately. Prior to this, Jansson served as Senior Vice Preside... Read more
- Tickets now for sale: In December, VR is adding hundreds of train services to different parts of Finland Train connections will noticeably improve all over Finland when VR’s new timetable comes into effect on 11 December. Tickets for this new timetable period can b... Read more
- Vectron on show at the world’s largest rail traffic rolling stock and transport technology trade fair Siemens will be presenting the Vectron electric locomotive modified for VR Group at InnoTrans, the world’s largest rail traffic rolling stock and transport tech... Read more
- VR Group’s operating profit improves VR Group's operating profit from January to was EUR 1.2 million; an improvement on the previous year of EUR 2.2 million. The increased number of trips on passe... Read more
- VR is building travel chains in Finland VR wants lead the way in the development of future mobility services. In September, we will begin building a nationwide travel chain network in Finland together... Read more
- President and CEO of VR Group to change Mikael Aro has resigned from the position of President and CEO of VR Group to move on to a position in an international company. Aro’s notice period is six mont... Read more
- VR Transpoint invests in rail logistics – new generation rolling stock Finnowagon under development VR Transpoint and Innofreight GmbH, an Austrian supplier of rolling stock, have launched collaboration to develop a new type of freight wagons for rail logistic... Read more
- New rapid train connections in Finland save passengers’ time VR is accelerating train connections in July on many of its routes. The faster connections will begin service during the Midsummer holiday week on 20 June. Trav... Read more
- VR now has one million loyalty customers VR’s loyalty programme Veturi is increasingly popular. The millionth customer joined the soon five-year-old programme and more than 50 per cent of Finns already... Read more
- Several changes to be made in train service at the end of March At the end of March (27 March) several traffic changes will be made to timetables, routes and trains. Passengers are advised to check the impact of these change... Read more
- Improved earnings at the end of the year for VR Group - EUR 100 million dividend to state • The Group's operating profit was EUR 65.4 (90.4) million. The Group's comparable turnover fell 7.5 per cent.• VR Group's Board proposes paying a dividen... Read more
- VR Transpoint and Metsä Group reach agreement on logistics solution for Äänekoski bioproduct mill VR Transpoint and Metsä Group have reached agreement on a logistics solution for the new bioproduct mill to be built in Äänekoski. The contract covers the annua... Read more
- VR introduces new permanently lower fares VR will permanently reduce domestic long-distance fares by approximately one-fourth. The new, simplified fare structure with the new, lower fare levels will be ... Read more
