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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.

September 17, 2019 | Main line

RegioJet begins double-deck operations in Slovakia

OPEN-access operator RegioJet began operating former DB Regio double-deck coaches on the Bratislava - Dunajská Streda - Komárno line on October 16, increasing capacity for the morning and evening peaks along the busiest single-track line in Slovakia.

September 4, 2019 | Freight

Mondi SCP receives new shunting locomotive

MONDI SCP, Slovakia, has received an EffiShunter 600 shunting locomotive from CZ Loko, Czech Republic, to support operations between the siding at its Ružemberok paper and pulp mill in northern Slovakia and Lisková station.

September 3, 2019 | Passenger

RegioJet orders more Bombardier locomotives

CZECH open-access operator RegioJet has selected Bombardier to supply 15 Traxx MS3 multi-system locomotives, which will support the company’s expansion in the Czech regional market, including the Brno - Ostrava - Bohumín line, and extensions of international services to Hungary in June 2020.

August 14, 2019 | Main line

AllRail raises concerns over Slovakian regional tender

THE Alliance of Rail New Entrants (AllRail) has raised concerns over the suitability of a tender published by the Slovak transport ministry to operate services along the Žilina - Rajec corrider, which gives prospective operators only three months from the contract award date to fully mobilise and begin operations.

May 23, 2019 | Fleet

Regiojet acquires DB double-deck coaches for Slovakian services

CZECH and Slovak train operator Regiojet has purchased 10 double-deck coaches from DB Regio to boost capacity on the Bratislava - Dunajská Streda - Komárno line in Slovakia.

May 22, 2019 | Fleet

First RegioPanter EMU for Slovakia on test at Velim

TESTING of the first class 660 RegioPanter regional EMU for Slovakian national passenger operator ZSSK has begun at the VUZ Velim test centre in the Czech Republic.

May 10, 2019 | Europe

Contract awarded for Budapest - Warsaw high-speed study

HUNGARY’s Infrastructure Development Agency has awarded a contract to carry out a feasibility study for the proposed Budapest - Warsaw high-speed line to NSV Varsó, a consortium of consultancy firm Trenecon and design companies Főmterv and Utiber.

May 7, 2019 | Locomotives

Rail Cargo Carrier receives CZ Loko EffiLiner 1600 locomotives

CZECH locomotive builder CZ Loko handed over the first of two EffiLiner 1600 diesel locomotives for Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) subsidiary Rail Cargo Carrier at its Česká Třebová plant on April 25.

March 12, 2019 | Financial

ZSSK returns to profit after eight years in the red

SLOVAKIA national passenger operator ZSSK has posted a slim profit of €6000 for 2018, its first positive result in eight years, reversing a budgeted loss of €2m, after Ebidta increased from a budgeted €84.2m to €91.3m.

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