VR blue carriages
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The VR classes Eit, Eip and Ein (and many others), better known as blue carriages due to their colour, are passenger cars built between 1961 and 1985 for long-distance passenger travel in Finland. They are operated by VR Group
and are slowly phased out in favour of InterCity trains.
. Over 600 blue carriages were built in Finland under over 30 different nomenclatures. The cars are capable of speeds varying from 140 to 160 km/h (87 to 99.4 ).
VR Group
VR or VR Group is a state-owned railway company in Finland. Formerly known as Suomen Valtion Rautatiet until 1922 and Valtionrautatiet / Statsjärnvägarna until 1995...
and are slowly phased out in favour of InterCity trains.
History
The first 14 carriages were built in Germany by Esslingen, and the model was then copied by VR's Pasila workshop and ValmetValmet
' was a Finnish state-owned conglomerate. Valmet was formed in 1951, when the state of Finland decided to group their various factories working on war reparations to the Soviet Union under one company...
. Over 600 blue carriages were built in Finland under over 30 different nomenclatures. The cars are capable of speeds varying from 140 to 160 km/h (87 to 99.4 ).