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

Written by Simon Wijnakker on 03.05.2024 in - OPERATOR NEWS Passenger trains

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 Finnish incumbent operator’s future competition.

This article was first published on 07.01.2024 and was updated on 03.05.2024.

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

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

2x Update 03.05.2024: First application

First VR Group coach with the new design of Polina Rogova © VR Group

First VR Group coach with the new design of Polina Rogova © VR Group

That same day, VR IC 23 was seen with coach Ed 28001 = FI-VR 50 10 2697 001 in the new design:

First VR Group coach with the new design of Polina Rogova © Vertti Kontinen

First VR Group coach with the new design of Polina Rogova © Vertti Kontinen