In 2009, Kontron Transportation s.r.o. started to build a very advanced solution for powering radio communication equipment for the operation of the GSM-R system in the Czech Republic. It was an island photovoltaic system, which does not need external power supply via cable connection for its operation. The construction was carried out as part of…
AŽD presented the first public ride of an autonomous train on a digital railway on Švestková dráha (Plum Railway line). A railway vehicle without the driver’s intervention reacted, for example, to a broken-down car standing at a level crossing. AŽD is working intensively on the introduction of advanced autonomous technologies into practice, thus creating space…
Adhesive bonding joints are an integral part of rail vehicle design. Part of our development activities in AV R&D are deals with both partial tests of adhesive bonding joints in the AV R&D Testing Center and the development of special test equipment for testing adhesive bonding joints in accordance with DIN 6701. Laboratory tests of…
Company IG Watteeuw ČR, based in Brno, has obtained again the Czech Railways certificate for its supply of gearboxes for railway’s rolling stock, this time including technology of wheel pressing to axle. Thanks to the Škoda CDR 500 hydraulic press, which has a working force of 5000 kN, a feed of 750 mm and a…
The OLTIS Group has launched on the market a completely new solution for managing the railway company’s personnel. The solution consists of two parts. The EDO RAT central application includes all essential functions: employee card, registration of employment conditions, certificates and licences, knowledge of routes, local conditions and traction vehicles, planning of prescribed and standard…
The manufacturer of brake systems and components for rail vehicles from Třemošnice in Eastern Bohemia has been on the market for 205 years now. To help it celebrate this anniversary DAKO-CZ invited some special guests, was visited by the famous Slovenská strela railcar and, during the celebrations, succeeded in raising almost one hundred thousand crowns…
Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Siemens Mobility have developed the world’s first fully automated train that operates by itself in rail traffic and is controlled by digital technology. The driver remains on the train to supervise the journey with passengers on board. Shunting, such as turning the train around, is done without on-board personnel. Partners of…
Pars Komponenty is celebrating further success in international markets, namely in Switzerland and Poland, where the company has started supplying entrance door systems and retractable steps for trains up to 160 km / h. The complete system meets safety and TSI standards and is certified to SIL 2 safety level. The first case concerns diesel…
Following the tests of Stadler built European vehicles realized by VÚKV testing laboratory two test series of the double-deck KISS Caltrain EMU built by Stadler US branch in Salt Lake City were realized this year. The KISS Caltrain is a double-deck EMU consisting of six wagons; as much as eight wagons were used for the…
The Škoda Transportation Group will be participating significantly in production of a fleet of new passenger locomotives in Tanzania, Africa. Škoda has signed a contract worth more than CZK 580 million with the multinational Hyundai Rotem for delivery of seventeen sets of complete electrical equipment which will form the “heart” of the new locomotives for…