Plunge into the Finnish summer, by using a Holiday Pass
The Holiday Pass is your personal invitation to summer Finland: illimited travel on any three days within a month. The price of the Pass is €139.
The Pass is valid from June 1 to August 31, 2008 as a 2nd class travel ticket on all domestic trains, with the exception of the Sibelius trains. The price of the Holiday Pass includes 4 seats that may be booked in a VR station booking office, by producing a Holiday Pass, or by telephone, 0307 20 905.
To ensure yourself high-standard travel comfort and in view of safety, please book the seats in advance. The same Service number also takes care of your payable seat and berth bookings; these tickets may be paid and picked up at a VR station booking office, in a ticket vending machine or in an R-kiosk.
The Holiday pass is also valid on the Helsinki Metropolitan Area commuter trains and in such buses that replace train services, as due track work (not in TrainBuses).
Holiday Passes are sold as of May 1, 2008 in VR station booking offices, by VR's sales agents and in VR's Online Shop. Holiday Passes may also be booked via VR Telephone Service and paid and picked up in an R-kiosk.
あぁ、ハーメンリンナとタンペレならふつうに電車かバスの切符を買って行けばよいと思います。
その2ヶ所だけなら鉄道パスを買って周るほどの移動ではありません。
機関車牽引、、、たしかにもう日本ではなかなか乗る機会がないですね。
このタイプ先にも書いた通りラップランド方面への夜行列車の一部区間に乗車するものですから、
朝方ヘルシンキ着か夕刻のヘルシンキ発になります。
蛇足ですが、これと同じような型の車両はヘルシンキ〜サンクトペテルブルグ間の国際列車
『シベリウス号』にも使用されています。(いました。^^ at least until 2005)