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Train disruption hit over 10,000 passengers, VR confirms
Finland’s national rail operator VR has confirmed that more than 10,000 passengers were affected by last weekend’s widespread train disruption, which led to the cancellation of dozens of services and left many travellers stranded. The interruption began on Saturday afternoon when overhead electric cables collapsed onto an Intercity train at Palopuro, near Hyvinkää. The incident forced a complete suspension of traffic on the country’s main railwa…
VR continues to ask passengers to be prepared for delays and changes to train fleet. VR estimates that train traffic will return to normal by Monday.
Trains are running normally again, VR's communications department told STT.
The main line outage, which affected thousands of passengers, ended on Sunday.
An electrical fault between Järvenpää and Riihimäki has affected thousands of train passengers on the main line, and dozens of trains have been standing still from Saturday evening well into Sunday. After an unwanted night at Dickursby station, passengers on their way to Kolari are told that the train is turning back to Helsinki – when it should already have arrived.
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