- Savonlinja
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website = [http://www.savonlinja.fi/eng/index.html english site] The Savonlinja Group is the most importantbus -service provider inEastern Finland , and is building an ever-stronger presence inpublic transport inSouthern Finland .In 1924 Toivo J. Honkanen, Senior Advisor for Finance and the founder of the Savonlinja Group, started a passenger service between
Lappeenranta andLauritsala with hisFord Model-T . Today's modern family business, which has being going strong for three generations, grew from this, and is now run by director Raimo O. Honkanen, Senior Advisor for Road Transport.In addition to the Eastern Finland region,
Helsinki andTurku and their surrounding areas are also core areas. The international traffic handled by the Savonlinja Group comprises a number of routes intoRussia andSweden . The range of services offered includes town andlocal traffic ,service traffic for municipalities,rural traffic ,school bus es,ExpressBus services, versatile passenger and tourist travel, a high-quality charter bus service and a travel agency.The Savonlinja Group employs some 800 bus-transport professionals and owns over 500
bus es."See also:
List of bus companies "
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