Pohjolan Liikenne
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Oy Pohjolan Liikenne Ab is the road services division of the VR Group. (Pohjolan Liikenne means Northern Transport in English). It is a major bus and road haulage operator in Finland.
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[edit] Freight
The company has five freight companies:
- Transpoint Oy Ab - a Finnish nationwide carrier of general cargo.
- Combitrans Oy - handling partial and full-load carryings.
- Oy Transuotila Ab - bulk transportation using tanker wagons.
- SP Transit Finland Ltd Oy - international.
- Transpoint UK Limited - International Freight Forwarding
There are 190 trucks, 453 trailers and 988 swap-bodies in freight service. The company’s fleet also includes 74 road tankers and 94 tanker trailers. Some 800 trucks owned by subcontractors are also used.
[edit] Buses
Pohjolan Liikenne operates a fleet of 292 buses. These can be seen throughout Finland, some operate in conjunction with ExpressBus services. The company was founded in 1940 and carried 11.7 million passengers in 2006.
[edit] References
[edit] See also
- Osakeyhtiö (=Oy, Finnish limited company)
[edit] External links
- Pohjolan Liikenne (in Finnish)
- Transpoint (in Finnish, Swedish and English)
