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February 6, 2020 | Fleet

CAF awarded €100m Nordic fleet and maintenance contracts

NORWEGIAN operator VY has awarded CAF subsidiary Euromaint a contract to maintain the Bergen Railway fleet over nine years, one of two contracts worth a total of €100m awarded to the manufacturer in the Nordic region.

July 2, 2019 | Europe

Southern Finland passenger rail tender suspended

FINLAND’s minister of transport and communications, Mrs Sanna Marin, announced on June 27 that the government has suspended plans to competitively tender operation of suburban and regional services in the south of the country currently operated by VR Group.

May 1, 2019 | Light Rail

Raide-Jokeri LRT construction to begin in June

CONSTRUCTION of the 25km Raide-Jokeri light rail line between Helsinki and neighbouring Espoo is set to begin next month after Espoo City Council approved revised cost estimates for the project.

April 18, 2019 | Fleet

VR Maintenance wins Helsinki metro train modernisation contract

HELSINKI City Transport Agency (HKL) has awarded VR Group subsidiary VR Maintenance an contract worth around €30m to modernise 102 metro cars.

March 11, 2019 | Europe

Finland - Estonia tunnel secures €15bn in financing

FINEST Bay Area Development has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Touchstone Capital Partners, China, to secure €15bn in financing for construction of a 100km railway tunnel under the Gulf of Finland between Helsinki, Finland, and Tallinn, Estonia.

September 3, 2018 | News

Seven operators to bid for Helsinki suburban rail contract

HELSINKI Regional Transport (HSL) announced on August 30 that all seven operators that have expressed an interest in running the Finnish capital’s suburban rail network from 2021 onwards will be invited to bid for the contract.

August 3, 2018 | Metros

Helsinki Metro adopts driver advisory system

FOLLOWING a successful pilot, City Transport (HKL) has awarded Transrail, Sweden, and Welado, Finland, a contract to implement a Connected Driver Advisory System (C-DAS) on the city’s metro network.

June 18, 2018 | Light Rail

Helsinki orders more Transtech Artic LRVs

HELSINKI City Transport (HKL) has exercised an option to order another 10 ForCity Smart Artic trams from Transtech Oy, a subsidiary of Škoda Transportation, in addition to the 60 it had previously ordered.

June 5, 2018 | Policy

Agreement reached on Finnish rail market opening

AN agreement setting out transitional arrangements for liberalisation of the Finnish rail market was signed by representatives of incumbent train operator VR Group and the Ministry of Transport and Communications (LVM) in Helsinki on June 4.

February 21, 2018 | Commuter Rail

HSL to launch competitive tender for Helsinki suburban rail services

THE board of Helsinki Regional Transport (HSL) voted on February 13 to start the procurement procedure for an international competitive tender for the operation of the suburban rail network in the Finnish capital.

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