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…
The prolongation process of the accreditation of the Test centre for railway rolling stock and container VÚKV a.s. for next five years based on several-day assessing carried out by the Czech Accreditation Institute according to ČSN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 was successfully crowned in late April and early May 2023 without any recorded disagreement during the…
Škoda Group, a leading manufacturer of vehicles for public transport, has been awarded the contract for the modernisation of couchette coaches for ÖBB, Austria’s national railway company. The contract includes the modernisation of six coaches for the ÖBB Nightjet fleet. The work will be carried out at the Škoda Group’s production site in Šumperk and…
Škoda Group has acquired a 93.9% stake in The Signalling Company, a Belgian digital developer of onboard safety software and signalling systems for railway operators. The acquisition is in line with the Group’s strategy to expand into modern mobility systems. Earlier this year the Group took over the Austrian operations of Molinari Rail, a technical…
The Czech company AŽD completed the full digitization of the Plum Railway between Obrnice and Čížkovice during operation. This is the first application of an intelligent railway with the designation 4.0 on the Czech infrastructure, which thus keeps up with modern world trends in the field of railway management and safety. When AŽD bought the…
DAKO-CZ, a manufacturer of braking systems and components for rolling stock from Třemošnice in Eastern Bohemia, continues its steep growth. In 2019, it surpassed the billion-dollar turnover mark for the first time and managed to double it in just four years. In 2022, the company surpassed two billion in sales for the first time in…
The Estonian railway operator Eesti Liinirongid (Elron) has decided to exercise its option to deliver modern electric units and has ordered 10 more trains from Škoda Group. The first of the electric units from this order, which now consists of 16 vehicles, is already in production. Production is taking place at the Škoda Group’s production…
As of 1 January 2023, Libuše Jurečková (59), a manager with more than 25 years of experience in senior positions, particularly in the field of finance, has taken up the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Škoda Group. At Škoda Group, she is responsible for the management of the group’s financial activities and is…
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…