Škoda Transtech supplies night travel rolling stock to Finland's VR - Railway Technology

The coaches volition beryllium manufactured astatine Škoda Transtech’s mill successful Otanmäki, Kajaani successful Finland.

Škoda Transtech Oy has secured a €50m bid to present sleeper and car-carrier coaches to Finnish state-owned railway institution VR.

In an archetypal step, Škoda Transtech volition proviso 9 sleeper coaches arsenic good arsenic 8 car-carrier coaches.

It besides has the proviso to supply different 30 sleeper and 30 car-carrier coaches later.

The coaches volition beryllium manufactured astatine the firm’s mill successful Otanmäki, Kajaani successful Finland.

They volition regenerate the aging bluish sleeper coaches, whose work lives volition expire successful the aboriginal 2030s.

Škoda Transtech CEO Juha Vierros said: “This woody volition fortify the bid publication of our Otanmäki mill and support the region’s vitality and competitiveness.”

Purchase of these coaches is aimed astatine coping up with the rising request for nighttime bid question and is expected to assistance summation the fig of aboriginal nighttime bid services oregon routes.

The caller rolling banal volition beryllium successful usage by 2025-end, connected overnight obstruction routes from Helsinki, Turku and Tampere to Oulu, Rovaniemi, Kemijärvi, and Kolari.

VR CEO Elisa Markula said: “We are pleased to enactment that the popularity of nighttime bid question has grown by 17 per cent, compared to 2018. With these caller coaches, we privation to conscionable the wishes of our customers and further make the question experience.”

At present, VR has 80 sleeper coaches and 33 car-carrier coaches successful its nighttime fleet.

The firm, which has a declaration with Finland’s Ministry of Transport and Communications for nighttime bid traffic, volition money the procurement itself.

As specified successful the contract, the Ministry of Transport and Communications volition compensate the steadfast for portion of the procurement expenses.