Pohjolan Liikenne

Pohjolan Liikenne

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.

Freight

The company has three freight companies / business divisions:
*Transpoint Oy Ab - a Finnish nationwide carrier of general cargo.
*Transpoint Cargo Oy - handling partial and full-load carryings.
*Transpoint International Group in 9 European countries - international freight and forwarding services.There are 190 trucks, 453 trailers and 988 swap-bodies in freight service. Some 800 trucks owned by subcontractors are also used.

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.

References

* [http://www.vrgroup.fi/index/VRGroup/Businessareas/Roadservices.html VR Group website]

ee also

*Osakeyhtiö (=Oy, Finnish limited company)

External links

* [http://www.pohjolanliikenne.fi/ Pohjolan Liikenne] (in Finnish)
* [http://www.transpoint.fi Transpoint] (in Finnish, Swedish and English)


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