VR Group

state-owned railway company in Finland
Organization railway_company Q913248
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VR Group

Summary

VR Group is a railway company[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (787 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • VR Group was a member of Service Sector Employers Palta[3].
  • VR Group was a member of Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies[4].
  • VR Group is in the country of Finland[5].
  • VR Group's instance of is recorded as railway company[6].
  • VR Group's instance of is recorded as railway undertaking[7].
  • VR Group's instance of is recorded as business[8].
  • VR Group's item operated is recorded as Tampere commuter rail[9].
  • VR Group's item operated is recorded as Helsinki commuter rail[10].
  • VR Group's headquarters location is recorded as Iso Paja[11].
  • VR Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Pohjolan Liikenne[12].
  • VR Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Q65246060[13].
  • VR Group's child organization or unit is recorded as VR Sverige[14].
  • VR Group's child organization or unit is recorded as VR Logistics[15].
  • VR Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Avecra[16].
  • VR Group's Commons category is recorded as VR Group[17].
  • VR Group's industry is recorded as rail transport[18].
  • March 1, 1995 marks the founding of VR Group[19].
  • VR Group's location of formation is recorded as Helsinki[20].
  • VR Group's official website is recorded as https://www.vrgroup.fi/[21].
  • VR Group's official website is recorded as https://www.vrgroup.fi/en/[22].
  • VR Group's official website is recorded as https://www.vrgroup.fi/sv/[23].
  • VR Group's topic's main category is recorded as Category:VR Group[24].
  • VR Group's director / manager is recorded as Mikael Aro[25].
  • VR Group's product or material produced is recorded as rail transport[26].
  • VR Group's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+12600'}[27].

Body

Founding

March 1, 1995 marks the founding of VR Group[19]. Its location of formation is recorded as Helsinki[20].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'VR-Yhtymä Oyj'}[28], {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'VR-Group Abp'}[29], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'VR-Group Plc'}[30].

Leadership

VR Group's director / manager is recorded as Mikael Aro[25].

Operations

VR Group's headquarters location is recorded as Iso Paja[11]. Subsidiaries include Pohjolan Liikenne[12], a transport company[31], in Finland[32], founded in 1940[33], headquartered in Pohjois-Pasila[34]; Q65246060[13], a business[35], in Finland[36], founded in 2018[37], headquartered in Pasila[38]; VR Sverige[14], a railway company[39], in Sweden[40]; VR Logistics[15], a business unit[41], in Finland[42]; and Avecra[16], a restaurant chain[43], in Finland[44], founded in 1977[45].

Industry

VR Group's industry is recorded as rail transport[18].

Ownership

VR Group's product or material produced is recorded as rail transport[26].

Why It Matters

VR Group ranks in the top 8% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (787 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

References

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  1. [5] . lobbyfacts.eu. Retrieved . lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [18] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . Business Information System. Retrieved . tietopalvelu.ytj.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . Business Information System. Retrieved . tietopalvelu.ytj.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . Business Information System. Retrieved . tietopalvelu.ytj.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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