Concerning your travel plans next week for WORK2017 conference, kindly note that the Finnish Railway Company VR will be on strike starting on Monday 14 August at 18.00 until Tuesday 15 August (midnight). Railway traffic should normalize by Wednesday morning, but some changes to the schedule are still possible.
If you have already purchased a ticket for the period of the strike, you can cancel the ticket or change the date of travelling. Kindly contact directly VR if you have any questions about changing the ticket, contact information and more information can be found at https://www.vr.fi/cs/vr/en/frontpage.
During the strike we suggest to use buses:
Matkahuolto:https://matkahuolto.fi/en/
OnniBus: http://www.onnibus.com/en/index.htm