Editing VR Group (section)

===International services===
{{see also|VR Snabbtåg Sverige}}
[[File:Torne River railway bridge 20140503.JPG|thumb|left|Railway bridge connecting the Finnish Tornio with Swedish Haparanda.]]
There are plans to open a new passenger rail service between Finland and [[Sweden]] in the end of 2024, between [[Haparanda]] in northern Sweden and [[Helsinki]].<ref>[https://www.vagabond.se/europa/snart-kan-du-ta-taget-till-helsingfors Snart kan du ta tåget till Helsingfors]</ref> The cross-border railway will be electrified according to Finnish standards by then.{{Needs update|date=March 2025}}

Before the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], VR operated jointly with [[Russian Railways]] a passenger rail service named [[Allegro (train)|Allegro]] between Helsinki and [[Saint Petersburg]]. However due to [[International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine|sanctions imposed on Russia]] as a result of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], all passenger rail traffic between Finland and Russia has been suspended in March 2022, and the rolling stock has since been parked. These trains were in late 2023 taken over by VR, and are planned to be used in domestic traffic in Finland beginning 2025.<ref>[https://svenska.yle.fi/a/7-10047371 Allegrotågen tas i bruk för inrikestrafik år 2025 – har stått stilla en längre tid]</ref>

If and when the proposed [[Helsinki–Tallinn Tunnel]] is built, trains may be run by VR, [[Elron (rail transit)|Elron]] or a joint-venture similar to the former arrangement with Russia.