According to the company, some trains will be canceled and some will be replaced by buses. You can check the status of your own train on VR's website and on the junaliikenne.nyt website.
On Wednesday about half of the normal train traffic will be run, says VR in the press release published on Tuesday afternoon. According to the company, some trains will be canceled and some will be replaced by buses.
Some of the cancellations also apply to commuter services, because the track damage was found using commuter services. Night trains and rail buses are said to be running normally.
VR announced on Monday evening that notches caused by track damage had been detected in the wheels of the train stock it and others owned. The company announced that it would cancel all long-distance train services from Tuesday for safety reasons, so that the condition of the equipment and track could be determined.
In Tuesday afternoon's announcement, it is confirmed that the point that caused notches in the wheels of the train stock was found between Lahti and Kouvola on the track section between Mankala and Niinimäki.
The likely situation of track damage was already reported earlier on Tuesday. During the inspection, surrounding defects, i.e. depressions, had been found on the track.
Head of the railway maintenance department Jukka P. Valjakka previously told HS that the damage between Mankala and Niinimäki was significant, and that the surface of the rail has been broken for several tens of meters.
According to VR, the track damage has caused extensive damage to its train fleet, more than 70 percent of which has traveled on the damaged track section. According to the company, traffic is planned to be started as soon as the fleet has been inspected and the roadworthiness of each locomotive and wagon has been confirmed.
According to the announcement published on Tuesday afternoon, the track damage has now been repaired and the track is safe to drive on.
of VR according to the junaliikenne.nyt website, you can check the following available departures or buses for which the original travel ticket is valid.
According to the company, the long-distance single ticket can also be changed to another time without the usual five-euro change fee, if the change is made at the latest before the original train departure time.
If you want to cancel your trip, you can get the ticket price back according to the instructions on VR's website.
Damage to the railway near Kouvola.
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