Student discount
Buy a cheaper student ticket
What discounts can I get?
You can get a student discount on train tickets for long-distance traffic and VR’s commuter traffic when you have a student card entitling you to a discount.
Selected services up to 40% off
As a student, you can now get up to 40% off selected long-distance train tickets. You can recognise the discounted services by the Extra-% symbol.
Long-distance train tickets -30%
You get a 30% student discount on single and multi-tickets for long-distance traffic. No discounts are applicable to night train cabins.
VR’s commuter traffic tickets -50%
You get a 50% student discount on single tickets for commuter traffic and on multi-tickets.
Student tickets for selected long-distance train departures -40%
More information about the discount
- Instead of the usual 30%, the student discount is 40% on selected long-distance traffic train services.
- The new discounts will take effect on 1 October 2026 and tickets will be available for purchase at lower prices on 17 September. Train trips at campaign prices are marked in purple with the “Extra-%” campaign label.
- You can buy even more affordable student tickets from VR.fi, the VR Matkalla app, ticket vending machines, Helsinki or Tampere service points, R-Kioskis or by calling our customer service at 0600 41 900 (EUR3.55/answered call + LNC/MCC).
- More affordable long-distance traffic student tickets are subject to the same change and cancellation terms as normally priced long-distance traffic single tickets.
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How to get a student discount
When aboard the train, we will check your right to a student discount based on an approved student card.
You may be eligible for a student discount if
- You are a full-time student in Finland and you are studying in a university, college, university of applied sciences, vocational institution, vocational special education institution or general upper secondary school.
- You are studying for a postgraduate degree in a higher education institution or university.
- We will check for your eligibility for the student discount by asking you to provide a student card. To obtain your student card and information on its eligibility, contact your student association.
- 17-year-olds no longer need a student ID on VR trains as they are entitled to the children’s discount.
- Minimum ticket price in long-distance traffic €3 and in commuter trains €2,60.
- Student discounts are granted only to holders of Finnish student cards.
Are you an exchange student in Finland? As an exchange student, you are entitled to a student discount only if you hold a valid Finnish student card.
You are not eligible for a student discount if
- You are undergoing vocational labour market training for which you receive unemployment benefits.
- You are a private student.
- You are in compulsory education (basic education).
- You are in apprenticeship training.
- You are in special needs education and you receive benefits other than student financial aid from Kela or an insurance company.
- You are in in-service training.
- Your trip is on a short route where the price of an adult ticket is less than € 2.40.
- If you travel in a sleeper cabin on a night train.
- You are an exchange student in Finland and do not hold a Finnish student card.
- You are not using your personal student card.
- You are not using an official student card.
Holders of the following student cards are eligible for discounts
All the plastic or digital cards below must have the VR logo to be valid for discount. Pink students cards entitling to a meal subsidy do not entitle to the VR discount.
- Frank digital student cards
- Frank student cards
- Kide.app digital student card
- National Union of Vocational Students in Finland (SAKKI ry) student card
- Finlands Gymnasistförbund (FGF) student card
- All ISIC cards with VR logo
- Suomen Opiskelija-Allianssi – OSKU ry AMIS card
- Suomen Opiskelija-Allianssi – OSKU ry (older format)
- National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL) card
- Finlands Svenska Skolungdomsförbund FSS rf student card
- AMK student card
- Slice mobile student card Higher education
- Slice mobile student card Upper secondary education
- Tuudo student identifier
The student card must be valid during the train journey.
Please show the conductor your personal, official student card. PDF files, screenshots, photos or paper certificates are not accepted as proof of eligibility for a VR discount.
Students travel near and far at affordable prices
Helsinki - Joensuu
Tampere - Helsinki
Jyväskylä - Tampere
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As a student, you always get 30% off long-distance train tickets.