People in the city of Prešov can look forward to six new trolleybuses delivered to its streets by Škoda Group. The new 18-metre vehicles will complement the fleet of 25 Škoda trolleybuses that the Group has delivered here in recent years under a contract from 2016. Škoda Group won the tender for the purchase of…
The professional title SILNICE ŽELEZNICE has existed in the Czech media market for 17 years and this year it took another significant step when it became a member of ACRI. Its focus on professional and technical information, related to the development of transport infrastructure in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, is now broadened by other…
In times of a large number of new rolling stock projects, delivery time is often a critical criterion. For those requiring cables for rolling stock, it may be good news that the ÖLFLEX®/UNITRONIC®/ETHERLINE® TRAIN product lines are reporting good availability. The ÖLFLEX® TRAIN range includes power and control cables for voltage levels 300 V, 600…
Resistance, recyclability, high fire safety and above-standard acoustic and sound insulation parameters – these are the qualities that have made customers so fond of the new Envizol Train material. The RETEX company wants to offer advanced textiles to an even wider range of customers, and therefore decided to invest in a new line with the…
The Czech company AŽD succeeded with its offer in the tender for the supply of 800 electromechanical pointe machines for the AS Eesti Raudtee (EVR; Estonian Railways). AŽD will carry out its deliveries as the main contractor on the basis of successive orders for a period of 4 years. The value of the contract is…
Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK) has ordered five more four-car low-floor electric units of the RegioPanter type. ZSSK is exercising the option included in the contract for the delivery of 9 electric units with an option for another 11 units, which was signed by ZSSK with the consortium of Škoda Group and ŽOS Trnava in September…
BONATRANS finalizes deliveries of wheelsets for 16Ev EMUs. The four-car broad gauge electric multiple units are intended for Latvia where they will introduce a completely new standard in transportation. The trains are fully air-conditioned, they are equipped with ergonomically optimized seats and well-arranged information system. In total, thirty-two trains will have been delivered by the…
ČD – Telematika has retrofitted the last of 78 locomotives of the class 163 and 363 of the carrier ČD Cargo with the on-board European Train Control System (ETCS) unit, thus successfully completing a major contract. The entire project was carried out by a consortium of contractors ČD – Telematika (the leader of the consortium)…
Modern trolleybuses will appear on the streets of Pilsen in the coming years. Pilsen City Transport Company (PMDP) has signed a framework contract with Škoda Group for the delivery of up to 33 Škoda 26Tr trolleybuses and up to 20 Škoda 27Tr trolleybuses. The delivery of the vehicles will start next year, and the framework…
Meeting the growing demand for railway bearings, ZKL Group has started in 2022 new investments in the field of metrology and NDT for the automation and optimization of axle bearings´ production in its production plants in Brno and Klášterec nad Ohří. Investments in Brno´s plant include the acquisition of new precision CNC grinding machines and…