Pensioner ticket -50%

You are entitled to buy long-distance and commuter train tickets at a 50% discount if you are 65-year-old or entitled to pension by virtue of the Social Insurance Institution or employment pension scheme in Finland.

Single tickets and 10 journey multi-tickets are sold at pensioner discount. In commuter services the minimum payment is €2.60. Pensioner groups receive extra benefits in addition to the 50% discount.

You can also book tickets by calling VR Customer Care and collect them at an R-kiosk or ticket vending machine.

Pensioner discounts

65 years and over get -50%

One of the following identity cards entitling to discount fares shall be produced onboard the train: identity card issued by the police, passport, driving license, Social Insurance Institution (Kela) card with photo, bank card with photo or VR Pensioner card (VR E-card).

Max. 64 years old pensioners get -50%

persons entitled to pension by virtue of the Social Insurance Institution or employment pension scheme in Finland receive the discount
VR E-card (€9.00), Kela (Social Insurance Institution) card with photo and "pensioner" marking, photoless Kela card or The Finnish Pension Alliance TELA card shall be produced. An identity card shall always be produced with a photoless Kela and Tela cards
part-time and partial disability pensioners do not benefit from the discount.

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VR Pensioner card (VR E-card)

Max. 64 years old pensioners meeting the specified requirements are entitled to purchase a VR Pensioner card at the price of €9. The card consists of an identity part and a validity part. The card is valid until its holder's 65th birthday.

Purchasing of VR Pensioner card

The VR Pensioner card (VR E-card) is designed for max. 64 years old persons having been granted

a rehabilitation support
a farmer's pension or a decision on a pension given by the farmers' pension institution MELA
an accident pension, a disability pension or an unemployment pension
a retirement pension or a retirement pension/employment pension
an individual early-retirement pension
a decision on a pension of a private pension trust
a special immigration support

by the Finnish Social Insurance Institution or by virtue of the Finnish employment pension scheme.

When purchasing a VR Pensioner card, the relevant decision on the pension shall be produced. When producing a decision on a temporary rehabilitation support, the VR Pensioner card shall correspondingly be in force until the date of expiry of the decision. The card entitling to discount fares shall be produced whenever requested during the journey.

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