TAMPERE City Council decided on October 3 to select Škoda Transportation subsidiary Transtech as preferred bidder for a contract to supply and maintain low-floor LRVs for the Finnish city’s first light rail line.
MIPRO announced on September 15 that it has been awarded a €22.3m contract by the Finnish Transport Agency (Liikennevirasto) for the renewal of signalling systems at Niirala, Kotolahti-Mussalo, and Vainkkala marshalling yards in eastern Finland.
HELSINKI City Council has approved the project plan for the Crown Bridges project to link the city centre with the island of Laajasalo, which includes the construction of a 10km light rail line.
FINLAND’s VR Group turned an operating loss of €2.6m in the first half of 2015 into a profit of €1.2m for the first half of 2016 thanks to an increase in passenger and freight rail traffic.
LÄNSIMETRO, the public company managing construction of Helsinki's West Metro announced on July 1 that the opening of the 14km extension from Ruoholahti to Matinkylä in Espoo, originally scheduled for next month, will be pushed back.
VR Transpoint has launched a collaboration with Innofreight, Austria, to develop a new type of freight wagon, named Finnowagon, for rail logistics in Finland, the aim being to create a more flexible service for rail logistics customers.
THE Finnish Transport Agency (Liikennevirasto) has awarded a contract to Frequentis to implement what is claimed to the first bearer-independent railway communication system in Europe.
MERMEC, Italy, announced at the WCRR congress in Milan that it has been awarded a €100m 10-year contract by the Finnish Transport Agency (Liikennevirasto) for the inspection and monitoring of Finland's 5960km 1524mm-gauge railway network.
FINNISH national train operator VR Group says passenger numbers on long-distance services have risen substantially since it cut fares by 25% earlier this year.
THE Finnish government has allocated €84m towards the implementation of the Raide-Jokeri light rail line between Helsinki and the neighbouring city of Espoo as part of its 2017-2020 fiscal plan, which was announced on April 5.