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February 11, 2025 | Infrastructure

Electrification completed on Finnish main line

Freight services to port of Hanko will benefit from electrification of 149km line.

April 19, 2021 | Freight

VR introduces 7000-tonne freight train

The 1km-long train has 80 wagons.

April 2, 2020 | Freight

Finland trials 830m freight train

FINNISH freight operator VR Transpoint piloted operation of an 830m 6000-tonne freight train consisting of 66 wagons and two Siemens Vectron locomotives at the end of March, a development which VR hopes will improve the flow of rail freight from Russia.

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