Editing VR Group (section)

==History==
{{main|History of rail transport in Finland}}
Rail transport started in Finland in 1862 between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, and multiple main lines and smaller private railways were built in the following decades. VR mainly operated on the high-demand main lines. During the twentieth century, most private railway companies were shut down and VR assumed a monopoly in rail transport. In 1995 the company went through a process of [[corporatization]] to become the VR Group.

Since 2010, the maintenance and the construction of the railway network have been the responsibility of the [[Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency]] ({{langx|fi|Väylävirasto}}). The operation and network were originally carried out by the parent company ''Valtionrautatiet'' until 1995, when it was split into VR and the rail administration entity [[Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency#Railway network|Ratahallintokeskus]].