VR charges a more train ticket purchased from the vending machine

Railway company VR has raised the price of a train ticket purchased from a ticket office.

A paper ticket purchased from the vending machine now costs 50 cents more than the ticket purchased from the VR website or the mobile app. The change came into effect in early March, On VR's website are told.

The price change previously reported Taloussanomat.

The euro service fee will be added to the commuter tickets sold at R-kiosks and tickets sold at VR's telephone service. In the past, R-kiosk has had to pay the euro more only for long-distance tickets.

Service charges have also been returned to VR's own ticket outlets. The service charges of the ticket outlets were temporarily removed with a system update in 2023.

VR's bulletin According to service fees, service fees cover service maintenance costs. The purpose is to harmonize pricing criteria.

More than 90 percent of domestic long -distance and commuter train tickets are sold as a self -service at vr.fi and VR Traveling, the release states.

For example, VR has raised, for example, the prices of commuter train, serial and seasonal tickets.

Long-distance tolls use dynamic pricing, ie the price varies according to the time of purchase and travel.