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…
AŽD has concluded a contract with the Greek construction company TERNA SA for the supply of signalling systems for the project “Modernization of the railway line Sofia – Dragoman – Serbian border, section Volujak – Dragoman” announced on the basis of a public tender by State National Company in Bulgaria. The value of the contract…
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…
We would like to invite you to join us at 14th international railway fair TRAKO 2021. TRAKO 2021 trade fair will take place from 21 to 24 September at the Gdańsk Exhibition Center. TRAKO is the largest and most prestigious rail industry meeting in Poland and one of the largest in Central and Eastern Europe. A presentation of the state of the art in transport systems and railway infrastructure in Poland, Europe and round the world. The Fair takes place every two years.
The ACRI Association is here for a joint exposition of the Czech railway industry at the international railway fair TRAKO 2021. It is the largest and most prestigious meeting of the railway transport sector in Poland and the second in Europe. Presentations of individual companies focus on demonstrating the current level of development of transport…
The Czech Railways subsidiary DPOV, a.s. is performing overall modernisation of fourteen Class 810 motor coaches and ten Class 012 passenger cars in line with the requirements of the Moravian-Silesian Region at the repair centre in Veselí nad Moravou. The modernised motor coaches have now been assigned the designation Class 811 and passengers will be…