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Finland
February 7, 2020
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Main line
Two bids received to operate Helsinki regional services
HELSINKI Regional Transport (HSL) has received two bids to operate regional rail services around the Finnish capital from June 2021, with the winner of the tender due to be announced in May.
February 6, 2020
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Fleet
CAF awarded €100m Nordic fleet and maintenance contracts
NORWEGIAN operator VY has awarded CAF subsidiary Euromaint a contract to maintain the Bergen Railway fleet over nine years, one of two contracts worth a total of €100m awarded to the manufacturer in the Nordic region.
February 4, 2020
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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.
January 30, 2020
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Main line
VR Group reports strong passenger growth in 2019
FINNISH operator VR Group carried 14.2 million passengers on long-distance rail services in 2019 a 9% increase compared with 2018. Total passenger-km also increased by 39% during the year as the operator reported a 10% year-on-year increase in passenger journeys to 1.2 million in December.
November 26, 2019
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Policy
Finland calls for input into first 12-year transport plan
FINLAND has begun preparations to develop a 12-year national transport plan for 2021-2032, with the Ministry of Transport and Communications requesting opinions on how the plan will be drawn up and how its impact will be assessed.
September 10, 2019
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Infrastructure
Finland to establish new companies to manage major rail projects
FINLAND’s Ministerial Economic Affairs Committee has given the Ministry of Transport and Communications approval to establish new companies to manage the implementation of two major rail projects.
July 18, 2019
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High-speed
MOU signed for Finland - Estonia undersea rail tunnel
PLANS to construct a rail tunnel between the capitals of Finland and Estonia have taken a step forward with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of the 100km Tallinn tunnel beneath the Gulf of Finland.
July 4, 2019
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Fleet
VR Group plans EMU order to replace Sm2 fleet
FINNISH operator VR Group has announced plans to invest around €250m to purchase a new fleet of trains to replace the Sm2 EMUs currently used on suburban services around Helsinki.
July 2, 2019
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Europe
Southern Finland passenger rail tender suspended
FINLAND’s minister of transport and communications, Mrs Sanna Marin, announced on June 27 that the government has suspended plans to competitively tender operation of suburban and regional services in the south of the country currently operated by VR Group.
June 6, 2019
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Light Rail
Construction of Raide-Jokeri light rail line begins
CONSTRUCTION of the Raide-Jokeri light rail line between Helsinki and neighbouring Espoo began on June 4.
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