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February 9, 2026 | Technology

New transfer bogies beat Finnish break of gauge

VR FleetCare of Finland has developed transfer bogies to support a refurbishment project with Sweden’s SJ.

February 13, 2025 | Fleet

SJ introduces refurbished X40 EMU

The double-deck train entered service on the Västerås - Stockholm line on February 6.

April 26, 2023 | Rolling stock

IRJ News in brief - Fleet

VR Fleet Care to refurbish SJ X40 fleet, Leclanché supplies batteries to Končar, and Siemens Vectron approved to operate throughout Scandinavian Corridor.

January 2, 2023 | Fleet

VR FleetCare wins Helsinki EMU bogie maintenance contract

Contract for 2024-30 covers refurbishment of bogies on 81 commuter trains.

September 13, 2022 | Track

Condition monitoring of points to increase in Finland

Measurement technology deployed to optimise maintenance.

December 10, 2021 | Fleet

VR FleetCare to maintain Allegro trains under 20 year contract

The trains operate daily between Helsinki and St Petersburg.

May 22, 2021 | Fleet

Finland introduces automatic detection of train exterior faults

Currently, a large part of Finland’s rolling stock maintenance is inspected manually, but in June the exterior of trains will start to be inspected automatically.

April 8, 2021 | Fleet

VR FleetCare to renew Vy couchette cars

Vy recently purchased the eight coaches from German Rail (DB).

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