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Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and VR FleetCare test new technology to reduce disruptions to railway traffic

Tracks and switches

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,...

20. January 2020 Articles Topical Services Digi Customer

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

Data specialist working on a computer

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

A mechanic and a bogie

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 proje...

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

VR FleetCare takes over a new field of operation – a lifetime extension and overhaul Helsinki City Transport’s metro trains

Metro at Service Workshop

VR FleetCare has taken over a new field of operation since the company won the bidding process for the lifetime extension and overhaul of Helsinki City Transport’s (HKL) metro trains M100 and M200 in April 2019.

2. October 2019 News and press releases Services Customer Contracts

VR FleetCare – incorporated rail equipment maintenance seeks new growth via name change

VR Fleetcare - we are on the same track

Incorporated as a subsidiary of VR at the start of the year, the rail equipment maintenance company VR Maintenance Oy will be known in the future as VR FleetCare. The new name will be used in the company’s all communications and encounters.

17. September 2019 News and press releases Topical