Dm8 and Dm9 were first thougth to replace Dm7 in commuter traffic around Helsinki, but Dm8 was chanced in early plannig stage to express train with first class and kitchen for serving on the seat. Dm8 was in revenue traffic first time in summer 1964. Dm9 was in commuter traffic around Helsinki in 1965, but withdrawn in January 1966 and changed to express train with first class and kitchen for serving on the seat. Dm9 had in commuter traffic 232 sitting places, as express train with first class 196. Maximum three Dm8 or Dm9 could be coupled together with automatic Scharfenberg-Runnvika type coupler. Both had bogies and automatic door made by SIG - Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft.
They were withdrawn from normal services in the late 1980's, and last run on spring 1990. Several units is being stored, and they run sometimes in summer.
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1784 visits 6/5/1999-3/31/2007. Note that I don't work for VR. Created Thu, Oct 9 1997 Kimmo Kotimäki. Updated Sat, Mar 31 2007 Kimmo Kotimäki. Copyright Kimmo Kotimäki 1999. Copying is allowed only by written agreement with the author, except for private use.