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The blue carriages are
Pictures of blue cars at vaunut.org
{{VR Group Railway coaches of Finland
The blue carriages are passenger cars
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods.
The year 1886 is regarded as t ...
built between 1961 and 1987 used by VR for long-distance passenger travel in Finland.
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History
The first 15 units were built in Germany byMaschinenfabrik Esslingen
Maschinenfabrik Esslingen (ME), was a German engineering firm that manufactured locomotives, tramways, railway wagons, roll-blocks, technical equipment for the railways, (turntables and traversers), bridges, steel structures, pumps and boilers. ...
in 1961. The model was later copied by VR and manufacturing started in VR's own machine workshop in Pasila
Pasila (; sv, Böle, ) is a part of Helsinki, Finland, that is both a central-northern neighbourhood and district, bordering the areas of Alppila to the south, the Central Park ( Keskuspuisto) to the west, and Vallila to the east.
Pasila is a ...
in 1964. Over 600 units were built up until 1987. Most are capable of speeds up to 140 to 160 kilometers of hour. They are slowly being phased out in favour of the more modern InterCity-coaches. Some are still used in night trains from Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
to Kolari
Kolari is a municipality of Finland at the Swedish border, which follows the Torne River, the longest free-flowing river in Europe.
It is located in the region of Lapland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which ...
and Rovaniemi and in commuter trains from Helsinki to Kouvola.
List of cars currently used in passenger trains
See also
*VR Class Eil
Eil passenger cars are commuter cars that were used by VR on the Helsinki Commuter Rail from 1982 to 2017, and again from 2020.
In the 1980s new commuter rolling stock was needed. In the 60s and 70s new electric commuter trains were introduced, but ...
References
External links
Pictures of blue cars at vaunut.org
{{VR Group Railway coaches of Finland