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Commuter trains

Smooth commuter traffic

We want commuter train travel to be as smooth as possible. Most of our commuter trains are low floor trains with spacious coaches, which makes travelling with assistive devices, bikes and prams easy.

No seat reservations are required for commuter trains – you can take any seat you like.
Read more about commuter traffic

Flirt or Sm5 trains

In the HSL area

  • Space for prams
  • Space for bikes
  • Pets allowed
  • Wheelchair spaces in accessible low floor coaches, with button-operated wheelchair ramps
  • Accessible toilets
  • Air conditioning
Emergency phone:
  • On the wall next to every door
  • With the emergency phone you reach the train driver. The phone also sends video footage from the door
  • We recommend using the emergency phone at a low threshold
  • You can recognise the phone from a green sticker with white text saying "emergency phone"

Sm4 trains

In VR’s commuter traffic area

  • Space for prams
  • Space for bikes
  • Pets allowed
  • Wheelchair spaces, ramp service may be ordered
  • Accessible trains – easier boarding due to the low floor design
  • Accessible toilets
  • Air conditioning

Train dimensions:

  • The width of the coach’s outer doors 159 cm
  • The width of the inner doors 64,5 cm, (80 cm to the accessible seats)
  • Door in the middle of the train unit 57 cm
  • The width of the toilet’s door 75 cm

Sm2 trains

In VR’s commuter traffic area

  • Space for prams
  • Space for bikes
  • Pets allowed
  • Toilets
  • The trains are not accessible (steps to the train)

Train dimensions:

  • The width of the coach’s outer doors 128 cm, there is a handrail in the middle of the door
  • The width of the coach's outer doors for cycles and prams is 69 cm on one side and 59 cm on the other
  • The width of the inner doors 70 cm
  • Door in the middle of the train unit 57 cm
  • Aisle width 51 cm
  • The width of the toilet’s door 48 cm

On board many commuter trains there are two seats on either side of the centre aisle.

Saving electricity

Commuter trains are electric. Sm4 trains are environmentally friendly, as some of their braking energy is fed back into the power grid. Even as much as 25% of the braking energy is recovered and utilised.

Conductor services

There are some 300 conductors working on commuter trains. They make sure that train travel is safe and comfortable. Please do not hesitate to ask for assistance!

Sm2 and Sm4

Electric trains include the Sm2 trains and new Sm4 trains. The Sm2 trains were replaced after the year 2000. There are 30 Sm4 trains, which were taken into use between 1999 and 2005.