At the beginning of 2023, after almost two years of negotiations with Stadler Bussnang, the project with the internal designation SGB-200/300 was launched in BORCAD. However, under the unpleasant-sounding project acronym FART, the Italian name of Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi, an operator and end customer from the Swiss canton of Ticino, is hidden. As the…
The ZKL Group has successfully completed a multi-year project to develop and certify axle roller bearings for Ukrainian Railways and railway vehicle manufacturers. With this achievement, ZKL has become a significant strategic partner in supplying critically important bearings to ensure the transportation of essential materials and goods. In August of this year, we completed the…
Passengers in Bulgaria can look forward to a significant improvement in comfort and safety when travelling by train. Škoda Group has won an order to manufacture and supply up to 25 barrier-free electric units, which will replace outdated trains and offer more than 300 seats, air-conditioned carriages, and a smooth ride with minimal noise. The…
Škoda Group has achieved a major breakthrough. At the tram depot in Tampere, the company demonstrated the first features of its Smart Depot ecosystem, which enabled a Škoda tram to successfully complete automatic movement in various scenarios for the first time – and without a driver! This achievement comes just one year after the project…
T-CZ, a Pardubice-based company, is significantly improving passenger safety and the safety of the entire train service by using artificial intelligence (AI) elements as part of its train autonomy system. One of the subsidiaries of the technology holding L.P.P. It is its own know-how that significantly decreases the risk of train accidents. What can we…
The SILNICE ŽELEZNICE magazine produced by the Konstrukce Media publishing house has been devoted to key issues in the field of railway transport for a long time. This focus continues in 2024. One of the key topics of this year’s second issue is, for example, the reconstruction of historic railway stations and the construction of…
At the beginning of this year, OLTIS Group with its partners kicked off three new research and innovation projects. Two of those projects are co-funded under the sub-programme INTER-EUREKA. The goal of the project TIARA, where OLTIS Group is involved in cooperation with Tatravagónka Poprad under the leadership of the company LEVEL from Nachod, is…
In March of this year, STRKAN s.r.o., which designs and manufactures equipment for transport technology manufacturers, completed the installation of another set of scissor platforms for the welding shop of ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION, a.s. This set consists of a total of 16 modules assembled into two bridges of 32 m length. The lift of the bridges…
ČD – Telematika has already handed back 181 vehicles with OBU ETCS installed in switch-on mode. Some of the retrofitted vehicles are in service not only in the Czech Republic, but also in Slovakia and Poland. The successful completion of the installation of the ETCS on-board system in 78 vehicles of the 163/363 model series…
The national manufacturer of railway turnouts, DT – Výhybkárna a strojírna, a.s., traditionally supplies turnouts for main and regional railway lines in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Following the development of railway networks not only in Western European countries, but all over the world, DT has been developing turnouts for high-speed lines since the turn…