Oy Pohjolan Liikenne Ab (''Northern Transport'' in English) is the road services division of the state-owned
VR Group
VR-Group Plc ( fi, VR-Yhtymä Oyj, sv, VR-Group Abp), commonly known as VR, is a government-owned railway company in Finland. VR's most important function is the operation of Finland's passenger rail services with 250 long-distance and 800 co ...
. It is a major bus and road haulage operator in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...
.
Freight
The company has three freight companies / business divisions:
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Transpoint Oy Ab - a Finnish nationwide carrier of general cargo.
*Transpoint Cargo Oy - handling partial and full-load carryings.
*Transpoint International Group in 9 European countries - international freight and forwarding services.
There are 190 trucks, 453 trailers and 988 swap-bodies in freight service. Some 800 trucks owned by subcontractors are also used.
Buses
Pohjolan Liikenne operates a fleet of 292 buses. These can be seen throughout Finland. The company was founded in 1940 and carried 11.7 million passengers in 2006.
See also
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Osakeyhtiö
''Osakeyhtiö'' (; " stock company"), often abbreviated to Oy (), is the term for a Finnish limited company (e.g., Ltd, LLC, or GmbH). The Swedish-language term is '' aktiebolag'', often abbreviated (in Finland) to Ab. The Swedish abbreviati ...
(Oy, Finnish limited company)
References
VR Group website
External links
Pohjolan Liikenne(in Finnish)
Transpoint(in Finnish, Swedish and English)
Bus companies of Finland
Transport companies of Finland