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Train routes operated by VR
20 routes · classic 18 · night train 2
VR runs 20 of the routes in the World Train Map atlas, 5,837 km of railway across 1 country. The longest is the VR Night Train at 989 km; the fastest is the InterCity 25, running up to 200 km/h; the oldest line it runs over here opened in 1869.
The company itself dates to 1995, filed on Wikidata as a railway company. What this page says about the company comes from VR's own Wikidata item, checked against the countries its routes here actually cross before any of it is used; everything about the railway is counted from this atlas. Official site ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata Q913248 ↗
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- 20
- Total length
- 5,837 km
- Countries
- Finland
- Fastest
- InterCity 25 · 200 km/h
- Longest
- VR Night Train · 989 km
- Oldest line here
- 1869
- Company founded
- 1995
- Type
- railway company
Classic (18)
- InterCity 25
Finland’s Main Line north to the Gulf of Bothnia: the double-deck IC25 is now the fastest to Oulu, with ex-Russia Allegro sets running alongside as Pendolino Plus since late 2025.
Wikipedia (FI) ↗ - VR InterCity
The Savo line threads through Finland’s lake district to Kuopio, water rarely out of sight; InterCitys continue north to Iisalmi and Kajaani.
Wikipedia (FI) ↗ - VR InterCity
A double-deck InterCity east along the Karelian line to Joensuu, gateway to Finland’s forested North Karelia.
Wikipedia (FI) ↗ - InterCity
Fourteen direct ICs a day to Finland’s sunniest city, down the Ostrobothnian flats to Vaasa and the UNESCO Kvarken archipelago.
Wikipedia (FI) ↗ - InterCity
Into Finnish Lakeland by the tunnel-heavy Jämsä gorge cutoff, to Alvar Aalto’s university city among a thousand lakes.
Wikipedia (FI) ↗ - Rantarata Coastal Line
Finland’s two capitals on the 1903 Rantarata: “coast line” by name, though the track runs mostly inland through granite cuttings and forest. Pendolino Plus sets joined the double-deck ICs in late 2025.
Wikipedia ↗ - Pieksämäki–Joensuu railway
Single track, unelectrified, running east through the Finnish lakes from the junction at Pieksämäki to Joensuu near the Russian border.
Wikipedia (FI) ↗ - Turku–Toijala railway
Finnish 1,524 mm gauge across Southwest Finland and Häme, joining the port of Turku to the Helsinki–Tampere main line at Toijala since 1876.
Wikipedia ↗ - Oulu–Kontiomäki railway
166 km of single electrified track inland from Oulu on the Gulf of Bothnia to Kontiomäki, where five railways meet.
Wikipedia ↗ - Iisalmi–Ylivieska railway
Opened in 1923 as the cross-country link between Finland's Savonia and Ostrobothnia main lines, 154 km through the forests of Kainuu.
Wikipedia (FI) ↗ - Tampere–Pori railway
Opened in 1895 and following the Kokemäenjoki river down to the Gulf of Bothnia, with only five intermediate stations in 132 km.
Wikipedia ↗ - Haapamäki–Seinäjoki railway
The middle section of the old Tampere–Vaasa railway of 1882, still carrying the diesel run west from the junction at Haapamäki.
Wikipedia ↗ - Tampere–Haapamäki railway
Opened in 1902 north from Tampere into the lake and forest country of central Finland, meeting the Vaasa and Jyväskylä lines at Haapamäki.
Wikipedia (FI) ↗ - Iisalmi–Kontiomäki railway
Opened in 1904 through the forests of Kainuu, the northern half of the Savonia route from Iisalmi up to the five-way junction at Kontiomäki.
Wikipedia (FI) ↗ - Jyväskylä–Pieksämäki railway
Finnish 1,524 mm track through the lake country, one stop in 79 km between the junction town of Pieksämäki and Jyväskylä.
Wikipedia ↗ - Haapamäki–Jyväskylä railway
Single track east from the Haapamäki junction to Jyväskylä, opened in 1897 through the lakes of central Finland.
Wikipedia (FI) ↗ - Riihimäki–Lahti railway
Opened in 1869 as the first stretch of the Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway, and still the connection from the Helsinki main line east to Lahti.
Wikipedia (FI) ↗ - Kouvola–Kotka railway
Opened in 1890 down the Kymi river to the Gulf of Finland, ending on the quays of the port of Kotka.
Wikipedia ↗
Night train (2)
- VR Night Train
Finland’s northernmost railhead: an overnight car-carrier sleeper above the Arctic Circle to the fells of Ylläs and Levi.
Wikipedia (FI) ↗ - Santa Claus Express
Rolls out of Helsinki by night and crosses into Lapland by morning: sleepers and car carriers bound for the Arctic Circle.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
How many train routes does VR run?
20 of the routes in this atlas are VR services, covering 5,837 km across 1 country (Finland). That is what this atlas draws, not the operator's whole network — a national railway runs thousands of local services no map of notable journeys would list.
What is the fastest VR train?
The InterCity 25, Helsinki to Oulu, at up to 200 km/h. Its fastest scheduled run takes 5 h 24 min over 690 km.
Does VR run night trains?
Yes — 2 sleeper services in this atlas: VR Night Train (Helsinki – Kolari), Santa Claus Express (Helsinki – Rovaniemi).
When was VR founded?
Wikidata records the company's inception as 1995, and files it as a railway company. The oldest railway it runs over in this atlas opened in 1869 — the line and the company are rarely the same age, and this page dates both.
Countries VR runs in
- 🇫🇮 Train routes in Finland 22 routes