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February 25, 2020 | Financial

VTG takes majority share in Carbo Rail

HAMBURG-based wagon leasing and logistic company VTG has taken a majority share in Slovakian rail freight operator Carbo Rail.

February 17, 2020 | Fleet

Czech Railways class 646 DMUs enter service

CZECH Railways (ČD) and the Olomouc region have begun operating two class 646 DMUs, which were purchased from DB Regio, on the non-electrified Olomouc - Drahanovice line.

February 7, 2020 | Financial

Strong growth for Leo Express in 2019

PRAGUE-based open-access operator Leo Express carried more than 2.4 million passengers in 2019, up 33% from 1.8 million in 2018, with turnover increasing 25% to more than Koruna 1bn ($US 43.7m), up from Koruna 800m in 2018.

February 4, 2020 | Main line

Czech Railways reports growth in 2019

CZECH Railways (ČD), the state-owned operator and largest passenger train operator in the Czech Republic, carried 182 million passengers in 2019, a 1.6% increase year-on-year, with passenger-km increasing by 5.6% to 8.685 billion.

January 31, 2020 | Fleet

Arriva’s Czech subsidiary leases Desiro DMUs from Alpha Trains

CZECH open-access operator Arriva Vlaky, a subsidiary of Arriva, will lease five two-car Desiro Classic class 642 DMUs from leasing company Alpha Trains under a 10-year contract from December 2020.

January 14, 2020 | Main line

Czech Republic tests 200km/h operation

CZECH infrastructure manager Správa Železnic (SŽ), formerly known as Správa Železniční Dopravní Cesty (SŽDC), is undertaking 200km/h test operation with ETCS on the Vranovice - Břeclav section of the Prague - Vienna/Bratislava main line.

January 8, 2020 | High-speed

SŽDC releases design tender for high-speed line

THE Czech Republic’s infrastructure manager SŽDC has published a tender to prepare documentation to apply for planning permission to construct the 23km Prague-Běchovice - Poříčany section of the planned Prague - Brno high-speed line.

January 7, 2020 | Policy

Pavel Spilka to replace Peter Köhler as Leo Express CEO

MR Pavel Spilka has been appointed as the new CEO of Czech-based open-access operator Leo Express, with the current CEO, Mr Peter Köhler, continuing to sit on the board of directors.

December 24, 2019 | Main line

AŽD Praha relaunches daily services on Plum Railway

CZECH signalling manufacturer AŽD Praha has begun operating a daily service on the U10 Litoměřice - Most line, known as the Plum Railway, in Labem Region, Czech Republic.

December 23, 2019 | Fleet

Škoda awarded South Moravian Region EMU order

ŠKODA Transportation has been awarded a Koruna 6.5bn ($US 282.9m) contract to supply and maintain 37 RegioPanter EMUs for the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic.

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