History
Rail transport started in Finland in 1862, and multiple main lines were built at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century in addition to smaller private railways. Valtion Rautatiet operated mainly on the bigger and longer main lines. During the twentieth century, most private railway companies were shut down and Valtionrautatiet assumed a monopoly in rail transport. In 1995 the company was privatised into VR group.
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