VR Group - News and press releases
- What kind of idea has potential to be a hit? Idea gathering software, easy to use and engaging, and where every employee is able to participate in developing company practices in a democratic way regardl... Read more
- VR Group: Growth in Logistics transport volumes VR Group's second quarter Earnings Before Interest, Taxes and Amortization (EBITA) improved significantly Rail freight tonne kilometres grew by 7.6 per cent T... Read more
- Renewed Tolstoi train runs over-night to Moscow The journey on board the new trains to Moscow will be even more enjoyable than before. New and better equipped sleeping cars are to be introduced on the Tolstoi... Read more
- More train tickets purchased online or using VR Mobile VR's online service www.vr.fi is becoming increasingly popular and more and more passengers are buying their train tickets online or using VR Mobile. More than ... Read more
- VR Group has initiated a passenger car procurement process The competitive bidding focuses on the acquisition of a new generation of double-deck passengers cars to replace the blue Express train cars. The public EU ten... Read more
- Start of the year for the VR Group meets expectations VR Group's first-quarter operating profit (EBIT) amounted to EUR 1.9 million. The previous year's comparable operating profit was EUR 2.2 million. The group's ... Read more
- Significant improvement in VR Group's operating profit Comparable turnover grew by 6.3% Operating profit EUR 70.6 (52.4) million Marketing and price campaigns in Passenger Services helped to boost turnover VR Tra... Read more
- VR Group opens 26 new restaurants – double deck restaurant cars to enter service The first double deck DuettoPlus restaurant car will be introduced in early 2014. The car type is unique in the entire world: on the lower deck there is a moder... Read more
- VR Group orders new electric locomotives from Siemens VR Group has decided to order 80 electric locomotives from Siemens. The lo-comotives make faster train services possible and improve their environmen-tal friend... Read more
- Oulu's new depot will be introduced at the turn of the year VR's new Oulu depot will operate as a support base for rail services in Northern Finland. The modern depot will improve the quality and speed of maintenance ser... Read more
- The VR Group's turnover sees growth of more than 10% 1 November 2013 VR Group indicators from 2013 Q3 (figure for Q3/2012 in brackets) Turnover 382.5 (378.5) MEUR Comparable turnover grew by 10.4% Comparable op... Read more
- Improvements to rail services when timetable period changes on 27 October There will be changes to rail services in various parts of Finland when the timetable period changes on 27 October as Summer Time ends. For instance, direct con... Read more
- Allegro continues to grow in popularity: now over one million passengers Allegro welcomed its one millionth passenger on Friday 20 September. Eight fast Allegro services operate between Helsinki and St. Petersburg daily. In 2011 VR s... Read more
- Reforms improve VR Group's operating result VR Group indicators from 2013 Q2 (figure for Q2/2012 in brackets) - Turnover 356.6 (361.7) MEUR - Operating profit (4.1) MEUR - Comparable turnover grew by 9.1 ... Read more
- Upgrade in Allegro services The range of services in the 1st Class of the Allegro trains operating between Helsinki and St. Petersburg is expanding from the beginning of July. The aim of t... Read more
- More alternatives in train fares Train ticket prices will see new alternatives from 3 June. The new fares and info on train tickets will be then on VR's website www.vr.fi. Train ticket pricing ... Read more
- VR Group improves its net result as it prepares for billions worth of investments Key figures from the first quarter (Q1/2012) Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in the initial quarter were EUR -3.0 (-18.9) million The group's turnov... Read more
- VR mobile shop now available for a number of operating systems VR's new mobile shop VR Mobile now offers free applications for Windows Phone, iOS and Android phones. The WP app was introduced on 23 April when the new purcha... Read more
- VR to launch mobile shop for train tickets It is now easier than ever before to buy train tickets as VR opens a new mobile ticket shop - VR Mobile. Tickets can from 23 April be purchased from m.vr.fi and... Read more
- VR's new steering cars to be tested VR's new steering cars will start tests at the end of April. The cars will start services next summer. The purpose of purchasing new rolling stock is to improve... Read more
