[design] The winning designs of the VR Group livery design competition


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In November 2023, VR Group closed its livery of the future design competition. Everyone had the opportunity to develop ideas for a new standard design of all VR Group’s passenger trains to make them stand out more against the future competition of the Finnish incumbent operator. 

On 18.12.2023, VR and Ornamo, a design experts’ organisation, chose Aimo Katajamäki’s Green Steam design from 186 different entries:

Aimo Katajamäki’s ‘Green steam’ design / December 2023 VR Group
Aimo Katajamäki’s ‘Green steam’ design / December 2023 VR Group

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There was also a public voting. Over 20,000 people voted, and Polina Rogova’s ‘Suomen metsä’ (Finnish Forest) won:

Polina Rogova ‘Finnish Forest’ design / December 2023 VR Group
Polina Rogova ‘Finnish Forest’ design / December 2023 VR Group

The winning proposals will be implemented in one long-distance train carriage in 2024.