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Transportation / Storage 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines 49.1 - Passenger rail transport
98 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 August 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012
Description
VR, a Finnish train operator, has announced redundancies of up to 98 employees from its ticket sales and customer services. The company is starting negotiations with employee representatives on the cuts.
The company is not planning on closing stations or service locations, but it notes that over half of its tickets are now being bought via internet or from vending machines.
Sources
20 August 2012: VR Group press release
20 August 2012: YLE News
Citation
Eurofound (2012), VR, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 74008, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74008.