A new wheelset type was prepared by BONATRANS in Bohumín for CZ LOKO, its traditional customer and one of the most important manufacturers of shunting locomotives in Europe. It can be used in two-axle locomotives Class 719.7, four-axle locomotives Class 744.0 and 744.1, but mainly in all newly prepared CZ LOKO locomotives. The new innovative…
Despite of extensive measures the VÚKV testing laboratory fulfils its obligations and realizes the tests at foreign customers. Some rail vehicle tests for important customers in Switzerland, Poland and Finland were carried out in last months this year. Certainly, all the tests were carried out with regards to prevalent epidemiologic situation under high safety measures…
On 19 October 2020, the world’s first freight train successfully controlled by Czech ATO (Automatic Train Operation) system of AŽD company under the supervision of ETCS (European Train Control System) ran on the Swiss Sierre-Sion line. The uniqueness of this milestone is in the connection of ATO onboard and the dispatcher’s control system, which provides…