Suomen Ostoliikennekalusto buys trains from VR for about €250m

VR's extraordinary general meeting resolved on 9 October 2025 to hand all shares in the rolling stock company Suomen Ostoliikennekalusto (book value EUR 15.1 million) to the Finnish state as a return of capital; ownership passed on 1 November 2025. On 11 February 2026 VR and the company signed the sale of the fleet used in state-contracted passenger services for about EUR 250 million in total: phase 1 (expected to complete on 2 March 2026) covers the commuter fleet including the upcoming Sm7 trains, Kiskobussi railcars and night-train carriages, while phase 2 follows later in 2026 with newly ordered night-train and car-carrier wagons; the night-train locomotives are still to be decided. VR passes part of the purchase price on to the state as a return of capital in 2026, which keeps the restructuring financially neutral for VR, and remains operator until the end of 2030; the aim is equal market access for all passenger operators. (LOK Report, 13 Oct 2025 and 23 Feb 2026)