SeaRail
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| Industry | Logistics, Rail freight, Warehousing |
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| Headquarters | Tampere, Finland |
Area served | Finland |
| Services | Warehousing |
| Owners | Mutares |
| Website | www.searail.net |
SeaRail is a company based in Tampere, Finland operating a logistics terminal.[1]
The company operated a train ferry for railway freight wagons between Turku, Finland, and Stockholm, Sweden. Because the 1,524 mm (5 ft) track gauge of the Finnish railways (VR) is 89 mm (3.5 in) wider than the standard gauge of much of the rest of Europe (including Sweden), a special fleet of freight wagons with interchangeable bogies was used. The break-of-gauge point was several hundred meters inside Finland at Turku and the bogies were exchanged in a specially-equipped depot; this procedure could be achieved in 10 minutes and involved jacking up each wagon. The Tallink train ferry Sea Wind conveyed the SeaRail wagons between Finland and Sweden.[2] These operated twice-daily from Turku and Stockholm. Rail car traffic onboard ferries from Turku to Stockholm were closed down on 30 April 2012.[3]
VR bought Green Cargo's half of the company in 2019.[1] In 2023, SeaRail was included in VR's sale of its road freight transport division to German investment firm Mutares.[4][5]
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[edit]- 1 2 "SeaRail Oy kokonaisuudessaan VR Groupin omistukseen". VR Group (in Finnish). 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
- ↑ "Tallink myi Searail-osuutensa". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
- ↑ "Junakuljetukset Turusta Tukholmaan loppuvat". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
- ↑ "Kuljettava Oy (Mutares) / VR-Yhtymä Oyj:n maantielogistiikkaliiketoiminta, Transitar Oy ja SeaRail Oy". Kilpailu- ja kuluttajavirasto (in Finnish). 2024-11-26. Archived from the original on 2025-08-08. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
- ↑ Tahkokorpi, Tuuli (2024-11-16). "VR myy 80 M€ liiketoimintayksikön Suomesta Saksaan 4700 M€ liikevaihdon sijoitusyhtiölle". Tekniikka&Talous (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-10-05.