News and press releases

VR FleetCare at Scandinavian Rail Optimisation virtual workshop

Welcome to a workshop focusing on the use of smart digital solutions and data in the rail ecosystem. In addition to the presentations, there is plenty of time for open discussion in the workshop.

18. November 2020 Topical Digi

BLOG CEO’s review – an eventful year as VR FleetCare

More than a year has passed since our company was renamed and rebranded. VR FleetCare was the final choice because we needed a name that would work also on the international rail traffic maintenance market. We had, and still have, a clear vision that there is demand for our expertise and services also on a wider scale outside of Finland. We want to be part of enabling the world’s most sustainable rail traffic.

6. November 2020 Blog Topical

Railway switches play a crucial role in smooth train traffic – any faults in the switches cause traffic disruptions. A significant share of all railway network maintenance costs originates from switch maintenance. Finland has successfully tested a new IoT system for monitoring and analysing the condition of point machines in real time. The pilot project of the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, which owns the railway network, and VR FleetCare, which provides the fleet and rail infrastructure services, has yielded very promising results.

21. October 2020 Articles Services Digi

Join Our #TuesdayTalks Webinar Series In October!

Interested in rolling stock, predictive maintenance and IoT? We are proud to announce that we are hosting a three time webinar series covering these topics throughout October!

1. October 2020 Topical

First track vehicle from Denmark arrived at the Pieksämäki workshop for 10-year revision

VR FleetCare carries out a 10-year revision for its customer's A/S StoreBaelt track equipment, including a wide range of refurbishment and modification work such as engine replacement, lighting modification work, installation of a camera system and a comprehensive overhaul, including e.g. bogies, wheels, hydraulics and cranes. The first Plasser & Theurer OBW-100 track vehicle arrived at the Pieksämäki Service Workshop on Wednesday, August 12, 2020.

20. August 2020 News and press releases Services Customer Contracts

VR FleetCare will maintain the Helsinki region commuter traffic trains until 2031

Finnish railway operator VR Group has won the competitive bidding procedure for commuter train traffic, the first of its kind in Finnish history, and continues to operate the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HRT) commuter train traffic. VR Group’s subsidiary VR FleetCare was included in the tender as the partner in train fleet maintenance.

5. May 2020 News and press releases Topical Customer Contracts

Switches play a key role in ensuring smooth railway operations. A switch is used at a railway junction to steer trains from one track to another. Last year, switch failures caused over 5,000 disruptions to traffic in Finland. To enhance the monitoring of the condition of switches, VR FleetCare, a company offering railway fleet management, and the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA), which is in charge of Finnish railways and their development, have launched a joint pilot project focused on collecting and analysing data to obtain real-time information about the condition of switches.

20. January 2020 Articles Topical Services Digi Customer

How We Do It? Data-driven rail fleet maintenance, case VR FleetCare and Amazon Web Services

Watch the video and find out how we have built up the modern data platform around AWS -services. And how data-driven maintenance will, in addition to creating significant cost savings for the rail fleet owners, increase safety and enhance the usability of the rolling stock.

28. November 2019 Articles Digi Topical

Data-driven maintenance: A major leap in rail fleet maintenance – VR FleetCare and EKE-Electronics to launch cooperation

Bogies are the most significant components of the rail fleet in terms of lifecycle costs and traffic safety. VR FleetCare, which invests in data-driven and preventive rail fleet maintenance, and EKE-Electronics specialising in train information systems have agreed on a product development project concerning the bogie condition monitoring. The new analysis and optimisation methods developed as a result of this agreed cooperation will significantly improve the rail fleet maintenance.

8. October 2019 News and press releases Services Digi Customer Contracts