On 15.11.2022 Kontron Transportation handed over the GSM-R system on the line section Kralupy nad Vltavou – Neratovice to the Správa železnic (Railway Administration). GSM-R (Global System for Mobile Communications – Railway) is the latest international standard for wireless communication in the railway environment. The main focus of the project was the construction of the…
It’s been a year already since SKD TRADE, a.s. announced the successful homologation of flexible segments for 15T tram wheels for the Transport Company of the Capital City of Prague so the original rubber segments will be replaced with this special polyurethane (PUR) segments. On October 19, 2022, utility model no. 36455 was registered for…
The production plant in Ostrava, a subsidiary and two joint ventures with key partners in India. The manufacturer of brake systems and components, the Třemošnice company DAKO-CZ, is experiencing a successful period. Since 2019, when it reached one billion in sales for the first time, it has been growing by more than twenty percent a…
VUZ specializes in providing professional services and complex solutions in the field of assessment, certification and testing of rolling stock, railway systems and transport. The VUZ Test Centre Velim offers two top-class test circuits and extensive testing facilities. New in the VUZ portfolio are FEM (Finite Element Method) calculation services designated not only for railway…
Increasing traffic safety is a current topic in rail transport. This problem is solved by the chosen pan-European ERTMS/ETCS strategy. As part of this strategy, the existing lines and infrastructure are equipped with stationary ETCS elements, while the driving vehicles are equipped with mobile elements of the ETCS system. AV R&D continues to supply complete…
Cottbusverkehr GmbH (CV), the public transport company from the city of Cottbus, Germany, which signed a contract with Škoda Group for the delivery of seven trams in 2021, has decided to use the option and has ordered 15 more modern unidirectional three-unit trams. This represents another success of the Group on the German market. The…
2022 was undoubtedly a year of challenges for BORCAD. After 32 years since the establishment of the company, its founder and owner Ivan Boruta decided to sell it. The new owners are private equity funds Genesis Capital and Integral Venture Partners from the Czech Republic and Hungary. “The decision to look for new partners for…
Stadler Rail will produce 42 five-car EMU’s for the Tyne & Wear Metro in Newcastle, United Kingdom. The VÚKV a.s. testing laboratory carried out stationary rotational resistance moment measurements on the measuring turntable in the new VÚKV testing hall, safety against derailment tests on a twisted track and sway tests of one EMU. Both last-mentioned…
Two large national companies, the Hungarian R-KORD (part of the V-Híd holding) and the Czech AŽD, signed a contract for the supply of signalling equipment and a unified European Train Control System ETCS for the Szeged – Röszke – HU/SRB border project in Hungary. As a part of the modernization of the signalling equipment, AŽD…
On Friday 28 October, Škoda Group festively opened the office of its new subsidiary in Florence, Italy. With this move, the largest Czech manufacturer of vehicles for public transport strengthens its position on the international market. Olesea Lachi, who has long been responsible for sales of rolling stock in the Group, has become the managing…