News and press releases

VR's new diesel locomotives introduced in freight traffic

VR's first brand new diesel locomotives will start operating in commercial traffic on Wednesday, May 3rd . The locomotives have undergone an extensive testing program. They have been customized t...

3. May 2023 Press releases Responsibility Rolling stock and technology Customer

Electrically driven roundwood train transports to Kemi bioproduct mill have started

The transport of roundwood by train to Metsä Group's Kemi bioproduct mill has started for trial run of the mill.VR's first roundwood train from Rovaniemi to the Kemi mill was operated electricall...

21. April 2023 Press releases Traffic Rolling stock and technology Customer Responsibility

VR and Metsä Group intensify their cooperation on sustainability

Both VR and Metsä Group are companies with major role in the society and they therefore play an important part in improving environmental performance and responsibility. The companies are intensi...

13. December 2022 Press releases Responsibility Customer

Appointments to the VR Transpoint Management Team

23. November 2022 Topical

VR's energy efficiency programme seeks ways to improve energy efficiency

VR is starting an energy efficiency programme which aims to increase the efficiency of energy use by 5–10% and to involve all VR employees and stakeholders in energy saving efforts. The methods i...

8. November 2022 Press releases Responsibility Group

Record broken: VR Transpoint delivered a record amount of domestic roundwood in August

VR Transpoint delivered a record amount of roundwood by rail in Finland in August – more than 1.2 million cubic metres. In order to meet the growing demand, VR Transpoint has reorganised its roun...

27. September 2022 Press releases Traffic Customer

VR's Eastern traffic negotiations concluded

VR Transpoint's co-determination negotiations resulting from the decision to stop freight traffic in the East have been concluded. Since spring, solutions have been sought in close cooperation wi...

1. September 2022 Press releases Group Topical Traffic