THE executive director of Ostrava Public Transport (DPO), Czech Republic, Mr Daniel Morys and executive vice president marketing & sales of Stadler, Mr Peter Jenelten, signed a contract for the delivery of 40 standard-gauge Tango trams on January 18.

CZECH REPUBLIC’s Railway Infrastructure Administration (SẐDC) announced on January 9 that it will invest Koruna 600m ($US 23.5m) in repairing stations in 2017.

CZECH minister of Transport Mr Dan Ťok confirmed on December 20 that the government will advance a project to convert the country’s existing 1796km 3kV dc electric network to 25kV ac in order to standardise Czech mainlines.

TWO German and two Czech regional public transport authorities have joined forces to invite bids for a concession to operate cross-border and Dresden area passenger rail services, and have published advance information about the tender.

CZECH and Slovak open-access operator Regiojet is to set to launch Prague - Bratislava services with the start of the 2017 timetable on December 11, with trains running via Pardubice and Brno.

CRRC Corporation confirmed in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on November 28 that its CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive subsidiary has entered negotiations regarding the potential acquisition of a 100% stake in Škoda Transportation.

THE mayor of the Czech city of Ostrava Mr Tomáš Macura announced on November 22 that Stadler has been selected as preferred bidder for a Koruna 1.4bn ($US 55m) contract to supply 40 low-floor LRVs to the city’s public transport operator DPO.

DB Systemtechnik has been awarded a contract by Hitachi Rail Europe to test and commission a fleet of AT200 EMUs being supplied to Abellio Scotrail and which are due to start entering service in autumn 2017.

CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive has established a European subsidiary in Austria and has also been awarded a contract to supply trains to Czech open-access passenger operator Leo Express.

TESTING has started at the Velim test track in the Czech Republic of the first of 70 class 385 EMUs being built by Hitachi Rail Europe for the ScotRail franchise operated by Abellio.