FINLAND - night trains: Helsinki/Turku to Kemi/Rovaniemi



When making an overnight journey with an InterRail pass, seat and berth tickets are not mandatory - you can just jump into the train and take a normal seat.

If you want a reservation there are two night trains available in each direction per night form the South to the North and return.
Coming from Turku/Abo you sometimes have to change in Tampere.
From Turku and Helsinki you have ferry connections to Sweden: ferry-stockholm-turku-helsinki-t1233.html
For detailed train schedules please use the schedule planerhttp://www.raildude.com/en/train-schedules

Prices are per person - one-way.


UPDATE:
http://www.raildude.com/en/train-connec ... inland/227


Train number 866/873
Helsinki Dep: 2123
Turku Dep: 2105
Rovaniemi Arr: 1041

Rovaniemi Dep: 1800
Turku Arr: via Tampere
Helsinki Arr: 0654

seat: EUR 4,70

three-berth compartment: EUR 12,50 (high season in December: EUR 18,50)

two-berth compartment: EUR 23 (high season in December: EUR 34)





Train number 865/874
Helsinki Dep: 1926
Turku Dep: 2005 (change in Tampere 2147-2211)
Rovaniemi Arr: 0753

Rovaniemi Dep: 2110
Turku Arr: via Tampere
Helsinki Arr: 0836

seat: EUR 4,70

Yo uhave double bed cabins. As the sleeper coachis a double-decker the fares are like this...

lower deck - double cabin: EUR 27,50 (high season in December: EUR 48,50)

upper deck - double cabin: EUR 32,50 (high season in December: EUR 54,50)




Booking:
Buy your reservation online at our Raildude shop. Free delivery is possible:
http://www.raildude.com/en/shop-buy-train-reservations

It is also possible to buy it via phone at the Finish railway company VR: +358 9 231 92 902




Update: Mar 2013

Rovaniemi Dep: 1800
Turku Arr: via Tampere
Helsinki Arr: 0654

If I am not mistaken, it is possible to take this train to Turku without changing in Tampere. (Not sure about the train number, my ticket is in Finnish and there are lots of numbers on there. :p) Anyway, I took the 18:00 train from Rovaniemi to Turku on Thursday/Friday and didn't have to change trains. Also, for the people worrying if you could make it to the 08:45 Viking ferry on time: The night train that arrives in Turku at 07:50 and the 07:55 train to the harbour are the same train, so there's no need to worry you'll miss the train. Note that the sleeping cars stay in Turku, go to the seat area before 07:55 and you'll be fine, arriving at the harbour at 08:02 with lots of time for checking in.

Another note, the sleeping compartments are absolutely worth their 13€! I've taken some night trains in Germany, Sweden, Italy and Belarus and it seems to me that Finnish 2nd class almost equals 1st class on other trains. There are only three berths, they're soft and comfortable (almost twice as wide as the usual ones), there's a sink in the compartment and soap, drinking water and a towel for every traveller. You get actual sheets and not just a blanket. And there's a window, if you have the middle berth you can even look outside while lying down. The toilets are clean and the staff is friendly.

Hope it's ok to post this here, just wanted to share my enthusiasm and help other people who worry sick about the 5 minutes changing time in Turku.

I want to ask some questions, is it easily full in April or Early May?
Also, if we hold InterRail Finland Pass, we don't need to add money to hop on the train to Rovanimi?

Thanks

Hi.
this time of the year is fine. Only Friday and Sunday evening, the trains might get full a bit faster than the other days during the week.
You will have to pay the supplement mentioned above - at least EUR 5 for a seat. But I recommend a cheap bed - very good to relax.
Have sunny days, Peter

The price of reservation for a seat: 4.7€
If you Depart in Helsinki, just walk in and ask confuctor whether I can tale a seat or not. Maybe it can be free for a seat ONLY!
However, this situation must be in low occupancy

For a sleeper, 29€ (sometimes 33€) for all type of beds
It is pretty nice with shower and good views
It is very very very worth to take a bed

However, there are very few people to take a bed so that if you know the price is different, better to ask conductor directly. (ps. I ask for conductor of P273 and ticket office for the price of a bed, they said it was 29€. However, I ask from the ticket office in Hel, the price is 33€. So amazing!)

I take P273 to Rovaniemi (seat in compartment) and P266 (bed) to Helsinki
In 5/5 and 6/5 respectively

Now, I am in the train:)

The lower level of the sleeper can also have wifi )

Regards,
Alan

Hi Alan.
Thank you for this update and greetings directly in the Finish train.
Have a nice night - and is the wifi free of charge?
All the best to you in Finland, Peter

hi,

I am sure that the lower deck of the sleeper cars have the free wifi, However, the upper deck, I don't know.
In the seat cars, they don't provide wifi

Alan

I have a question regarding the cabins in the night trains to/from Rovaniemi!
This fall I'm going to spend a study semester in Rovaniemi and since flights are expensive within Finland, I have decided to buy an one country Interrail Ticket to get to Rovaniemi.
So far I have found out that I only have to pay for seat reservations or of course cabins - but do I get any discounts on the cabins with my interrail ticket?
And then I would also like to know if there is a possibility to have a cabin on my own, when I just reservate a bed and not a whole cabin for me?

Thanks in advance!

Hi.
For InterRail I know only the types of cabins mentioned above (double) or a single seat.
If you want to have a double cabin for you alone, you will have to book the two beds. But I think you will need not only the second reservation, as well a second ticket.
I will ask if it is possible to book a cabin for yourself as well with a standard InterRail pass.
Peter

I completely forgot to check out this forum again, after I have asked my question!
But thanks for your answer, Peter!

Well, but now I have another one :
Luckily I've found someone who will share a cabin with me on the way to Rovaniemi - so that is not a problem anymore.
But as I am planning to take the night train 273 at 22.30 from Helsinki to Rovaniemi on Aug 30 (Sunday), I am wondering when I have to book our cabin? I arrive in Helsinki one day before.
Probably I will get the Finland Interrail Ticket in my home country, but I still need to book our cabin. Do you think Saturday afternoon/evening or Sunday morning is still possible/not too late for that? As it was written, that it might get full a bit faster on Friday and Sunday?

Hi.
Try to get this reservation somewhere else a bit earlier as you know your exact travel date. Should be also possible at the Raildude shop (new software starts next week).
As I am pretty sure, that it will be full on Sunday evening.
Peter

me again
I just called the VR hotline and they told me that there are no discounts on cabins with the interrail ticket? And that a bed in a cabin will cost 50€? What did I do wrong?

Hi!

The situation seems a bit unclear at the moment.

In general there are two kinds of night trains in Finland:

- "Blue trains" consisting of older sleeping cars with 1, 2 or 3 berths per cabin (1st class ticket needed for use of 1 berth cabin)

- "Double deck trains" consisting of new sleeping cars with upper and lower deck cabins with 1 or 2 berths (1st class ticket needed for use of 1 berth cabin)

Prices for berths in a blue train "should" be (low/high season):
3 berth > 13/19€
2 berth > 24/35€
1 berth > 48/70€

Prices for berths in the double deck trains should be (lower/upper cabin):
2 berth > 29/34€
1 berth > 53/58€

In all night trains there are also regular 2nd class seating cars, for which a reservation is recommended for 4,70€

I hope I will receive more details within the next few days...


Flo

thanks for your information!

well, I got a 2-beds cabin for 100€, so 50€ each. I will keep our reservation and will try to get the cheaper price once I'm in Finland! I hope this is possible somehow.

Where did you get your reservation?

Hej, I got confirmation for the prices I mentioned above!

I called the VR Hotline for International Customers.
So do you think that it is possible to change the prices when I am at the train station in Finland? I'm a completely newcomer in the interrail world and so I am quite worried now

Hm well...and you did purchase your reservation there as well?

Like I said I was in contact with VR as well and they confirmed the prices mentioned above.

hm, yes I purchased the reservation for this cabin I've mentioned above there. Or what do you mean?
Do you think VR is that flexible so that I can get the cheaper price when I will pick up my reservation?

If I understand correctly...is it a MUST for me to reserve at least a seat (for 4.7EUR) for a night train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi? (even I hold an interrail pass)

Actually I would like to reserve a seat on 23Dec2012 from Helsinki to Rovaniemi and the return on 26Dec2012. But I cannot reserve in raildude (it shows "no matched result found"), is it because I book it too early? and I also cannot find the reservation option in finland train website, it only has a buying ticket option. Or can I reserve the seat directly in the Helsinki train station when I arrived? Will it be too risky that there may be no available seat? Please give me advice and teach me how to do the reservation since this is my first time to use interrail pass.

Thanks a lot!:)

Hi.
You can also call VR for a reservation.
In the Raildude system you can only reserve beds for this train connection.
And I think it is due to the change in the European railway schedules, that connections aren't available to book for now (at least in the online systems):
http://www.raildude.com/en/annual-chang ... -faq/faq/2
I recommend to contact VR directly.
Peter

You dont have to reserve seats on VR night trains but especially during the Christmas/New Year period it is highly recommended.