BORCAD is responding to market demands and has prepared several modifications of the FLEXIO seat for long-distance and even regional transport during 2023. The impetus for the development process was months of intensive discussions with customers following InnoTrans 2022. We have already shown some prototypes at the Czech Rail Business Days and also at the…
Škoda Group announced today entering into a contract with Uzbekistan Railways to supply 30 electric trains worth EUR 320 million. The agreement represents the largest contract ever awarded to a Czech company in Uzbekistan. It is a testimony to Czech and European Union companies’ importance in Uzbekistan and Central Asia. Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov…
EXPO Ferroviaria 2023, the 11th edition of Italy’s showcase for railway technology, products and systems will take place from 3 – 5 October 2023 at Fiera Milano Rho, Milan, Italy. EXPO Ferroviaria covers all aspects of railway technology. It provides a showcase for manufacturers in the major fields of rolling stock technology, track and infrastructure…
On 2 October 2023, Nitin Gadkari, Honourable Minister of Road Transport & Highways of the Republic of India, paid an official visit to Škoda Group. The visit started in Prague, where he experienced a first-hand demonstration of the latest technology by taking a ride in a new generation of a Škoda H’CITY hydrogen bus. Continuing…
TRAKO International Railway Fair will take place from 19 to 22 September 2023 at AMBEREXPO in Gdansk. TRAKO is the largest and most prestigious gathering of the railway industry in Poland and the second largest in Europe. It also provides an excellent opportunity to exchange experiences and meet within the industry. More than 500 exhibitors…
Škoda Group has been selected as the supplier of complete electrical equipment for the trolleybuses of the manufacturer Solaris Bus & Coach, which will be heading to Landskrona, Sweden. The contract, worth up to €1 million, includes the supply of complete traction equipment and its installation into three vehicles. Delivery of the finished trolleybuses is…
Škoda Group, a leading European manufacturer of components and vehicles for public transport, will participate in the delivery of trams to Melbourne, Australia, a city with one of the largest tram networks in the world. It has joined forces with French manufacturer Alstom for this contract. The supplier will provide Melbourne with trams for which…
Škoda Group has been awarded a contract to deliver eight metro trains to the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The value of the contract exceeds EUR 65 million. The production of four-car trains for the carrier Metropoliten EAD will take place at the group’s production sites in Ostrava and Pilsen. Conceptually, the metro is a continuation of…
Thanks to its expertise, ČD – Telematika has achieved several significant milestones in the field of railway transport. The most significant was that it was the first entity to achieve type approval of retrofitted locomotives with ETCS (series 162WTB, 362 WTB, 362, 163 and 363) by the European Union Railway Agency in December 2022. Other…
A consortium of Czech companies Kontron Transportation s.r.o., AŽD Praha s.r.o. and Elektrizace železnic Praha a.s. signed a significant contract for the coverage of the main corridor with the digital radio standard GSM-R in the presence of the Minister of Transport Andrej Doležal and the Director General of ŽSR Miloslav Havrila. The main content of…