VR earns operating profit of €151.7m in 2018

The national railway operator VR Group earned an operating profit of EUR 151.7 million in 2018, which was EUR 110.3 million in the previous year.

The Group’s net sales increased by 2.0 per cent to EUR 1,276.6 million, which was EUR 1,251.5 million in 2017, said a press release on Friday.

A total of 13.6 million journeys were made in long-distance traffic last year, which was 4.4 per cent higher than the journeys made in 2017.

“Good market conditions and investments in customer experience boosted the net sales growth in 2018. The Net Promoter Score (NPS), an indicator of customer satisfaction, was good in all of our business operations, i.e. our customers are willing to recommend our services,” Rolf Jansson, President and CEO of VR said in a statement.