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March 10, 2026 | Infrastructure

Siemens demonstrates ATO over ETCS in Finland

The demonstration is part of Finland’s Digirail project for the national rollout of ETCS.

February 25, 2026 | Fleet

VR fleets to transfer to state-owned leasing company

The transfer is a key step in opening up the Finnish passenger market to competition.

October 15, 2025 | Commuter Rail

VR secures Swedish operating contract

Finnish operator secures eight-year contract for Mälartåg commuter network around Stockholm.

March 10, 2025 | Fleet

Cross-border Allegro fleet redeployed on domestic routes in Finland

Alstom trains operated between Helsinki and St Petersburg until invasion of Ukraine.

October 31, 2024 | Financial

VR Sweden wins Öresundståg contract

VR will take over the cross-border service in December 2025.

June 6, 2024 | Financial

VR completes MTR Express acquisition

Stockholm - Gothenburg services will operate under VR’s brand from the autumn.

February 13, 2024 | Financial

Transdev beats VR to Swedish regional contract

The eight-year contract commences in 2025.

February 12, 2024 | Financial

VR Group to purchase MTR Express

MTR Express operates open-access, long-distance services between Stockholm and Gothenburg.

February 21, 2020 | Commuter Rail

Finland and VR renegotiate PSO contract

FINLAND’s Ministry of Transport and Communications and national operator VR have started negotiations to determine the method of procuring public service obligation (PSO) passenger services in the country, after the current agreement comes to an end in December.

February 4, 2020 | Track

Finland pilots condition-based maintenance for points

VR FleetCare and the Fairway Agency have launched a pilot project to collect data on switch malfunctions with the goal of reducing the more than 5000 point failures reported across Finland’s rail network every year.

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