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Changes to payment methods on the VR Matkalla app

The Siirto payment method will be discontinued in the VR Matkalla app at the end of January.

Siirto, one of the payment methods available in the VR Matkalla app, will be removed from the app's payment options on 31 January 2024. The number of people using the payment method has steadily decreased over the past two years.

In the VR Matkalla app, you can use MobilePay, debit and credit cards, online banking and commuter vouchers (Edenred, Epassi and Smartum). Find VR Matkalla in App Store, Opens in a new tab or Google Play, Opens in a new tab.

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We are standardizing service fees for ticket sales starting from March 3rd

From March 3rd, we will implement a more uniform service fee for ticket sales. The changes will affect our ticket vending machines, commuter tickets sold at R-kioskis, and our phone service. We will also reinstate service fees for ticket sales points. The service fees for ticket sales points were temporarily removed due to a system update in 2023. No service fee will be added to tickets purchased from vr.fi or the VR Matkalla app. 

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