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However, VR Group expects profits to weaken this year and the company is facing major challenges in its passenger business. In the first half of this year long-distance passenger traffic declined 6.2% year-on-year and net sales for the passenger business fell 5.5% to €132.1m, resulting in an operating loss of €1.9m.
Economic sluggishness is not the only factor fuelling this downward trend. With the deregulation of long-distance buses, road competition is in the ascendency and capitalising on the price-sensitivity of the market, with operators such as Onnibus advertising fares as low as €1 (plus a €1 booking fee) on some routes.
In a bid to reverse the decline in ridership, VR Group announced at the end of August that it will implement a programme of efficiencies with the aim of reducing operational spending by €50m per year, which in turn will enable it to price fares more competitively. With the launch of its new timetable on October 25 VR Group will purge many of its unprofitable long-distance services, withdrawing 6% of long-distance trains or 120 services per week and revise stopping patterns for many other services.
Economic sluggishness is not the only factor fuelling this downward trend. With the deregulation of long-distance buses, road competition is in the ascendency and capitalising on the price-sensitivity of the market, with operators such as Onnibus advertising fares as low as €1 (plus a €1 booking fee) on some routes.
In a bid to reverse the decline in ridership, VR Group announced at the end of August that it will implement a programme of efficiencies with the aim of reducing operational spending by €50m per year, which in turn will enable it to price fares more competitively. With the launch of its new timetable on October 25 VR Group will purge many of its unprofitable long-distance services, withdrawing 6% of long-distance trains or 120 services per week and revise stopping patterns for many other services.
Ir taip, jei mes būtume Suomija, tikrai galėtume išlaikyti net ne vieną nuostolingą liniją kaip į Rokiškį vien iš principo, o jei būtume Singapūras ar Monakas keleivius galėtume vaišinti šampanu su ikrais, bet esame šalis, kurioje pajamų nelygybė didesnė nei Etiopijos ar Nigerio (GINI), todėl viešieji resursai yra riboti ir juos privalu leisti efektyviai.
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However, under its contract with the Ministry of Transport and Communications, which runs until 2024, VR Group is obliged to provide certain services, including overnight trains and branch line services, in return for the exclusive right to operate passenger trains on the national network.
At the end of March, 28 of Finland's most lightly-used stations will close and passenger services will be withdrawn on several branch lines. The government has indicated that trains on these routes could be replaced with higher-frequency bus services.
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