News and press releases

VR FleetCare wins contract for the refurbishment of 81 Flirt electric train bogies in Finland

The Finnish rolling stock maintenance company VR FleetCare has won the tender organised by Helsinki Metropolitan Area Rolling Stock Ltd for the refurbishment of Flirt electric train bogies. The contract concerns the periodic refurbishments of the bogies of 81 trains according to the kilometres travelled. The basic repairs are to be carried out between 2024 and 2030. The contract also includes a 4-year option. VR FleetCare is also responsible for the daily operational maintenance of the rolling stock. The Flirt trains operate as commuter trains in Helsinki.

22. December 2022 News and press releases Contracts Topical

VR FleetCare supplied City Transport Ltd with a tunnel cleaning wagon

As the number of kilometres in the metro tunnel has increased fourfold, Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd has invested in more efficient maintenance equipment. Sustainability was the starting point for the procurement of the new tunnel cleaning wagon; it is environmentally friendly as it is built on top of a recycled frame and it uses only biodegradable and ecological washing agents. The new tunnel cleaning wagon was supplied to City Transport Ltd by VR FleetCare. 

21. November 2022 News and press releases Customer Topical

Meet VR FleetCare

Finland is a small but efficient northern country that is home to many world-class companies.

13. September 2022 Articles Services Digi

VR FleetCare and EKE-Electronics Collaborate to Provide Wider Range of Condition-Based Maintenance Solutions for Rolling Stock and Track Infra

Digitalisation is a major trend in rail transport and offers a lot of opportunities to improve maintenance operations. To enable customers to take advantage of this, VR FleetCare and EKE-Electronics recently announced a collaboration of their sales and project implementation that will give customers access to a wider range of technical and support services for advanced condition-based maintenance solutions of trains and track infrastructure.

13. September 2022 News and press releases Contracts Services Digi

The Power of Digitalisation in Track Equipment Maintenance

The digital monitoring of track equipment makes it possible to carry out maintenance before a defect causes traffic disruption. There is increasing interest in the potential of condition monitoring to support railway asset management and maintenance.

8. September 2022 Articles Services Digi Customer

VR FleetCare and the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA), which manages the state’s railway network, have signed an agreement on extensive remote condition monitoring of point machines. The agreement covers the condition monitoring of up to 300 points, aiming to monitor the operation of the point machines at several busy traffic points. Condition monitoring of railway point machiness has not been carried out to a similar extent in Finland before.

6. September 2022 News and press releases Digi

Data and Maintenance of Rolling Stock – How to Get the Most Out of the Combination

Digitalisation is strongly making its way to the maintenance of rolling stock and railway infrastructure. Amidst all the hype, it is worth remembering that collecting data is only one part, the essential thing is to understand how to use it.

1. September 2022 Articles Digi Services

BLOG VR FleetCare dares to care

We at VR FleetCare dare to care not only about ourselves, but about our colleagues, too. In addition to the fact that moving people and goods safely is at the core of what we do, we also want to invest in the safety of our staff. During last spring, every FleetCare employee participated in a half-day training to develop their safety thinking.

25. August 2022 Blog Topical Responsibility

The digital condition monitoring of track equipment makes it possible to carry out maintenance before malfunctions cause traffic disruptions.  The Finnish rolling stock maintenance company VR FleetCare has developed a new solution for monitoring the condition of track equipment, such as track circuits. The results of the latest pilot project carried out with the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency has already provided a lot of useful data on the operation of track equipment. The condition monitoring has continued after the pilot.

5. July 2022 News and press releases Digi