All Leo Express articles – Page 2

  • LEO Express has announced plans for a significant expansion of its services this year.
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    LEO Express plans major expansion

    2018-03-05T12:00:00Z

    EUROPE: Czech open access operator LEO Express has announced a significant expansion of its services this year, as part of its ambitions to become a major player in the Central European market. On April 1 a thrice-weekly service is scheduled to start between Praha and Kraków, a route which LEO ...

  • LEO Express expects to announce the launch date for a Praha – Ostrava  – Katowice – Kraków service in the near future.
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    Polish service approved as LEO Express aims to develop a central European network

    2017-10-16T12:41:25Z

    EUROPE: Czech open access operator LEO Express expects to announce the launch date for its planned Praha – Ostrava – Katowice – Kraków open access service in the near future, after Polish regulator UTK completed the certification process and granted train paths on October 13. Daily services would leave ...

  • LEO Express is to relaunch Locomore's Berlin – Stuttgart open access service.
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    LEO Express to relaunch Locomore service

    2017-08-16T13:22:57Z

    GERMANY: Czech operator LEO Express is to relaunch the Berlin – Stuttgart open access service which was suspended when Locomore began insolvency proceedings, the companies confirmed on August 16. The intention is to offer a Thursday to Sunday service from August 24. LEO Express told Railway Gazette it ...

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    LEO Express recruiting for German launch

    2017-08-09T12:48:36Z

    GERMANY: Czech open access operator LEO Express has started recruiting train crew to operate a long-distance passenger service between Berlin and Stuttgart, which it says it hopes to launch in mid-August. The company’s German subsidiary LEO Express GmbH is looking for qualified train managers to be based at Berlin-Lichtenberg and ...

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    LEO Express looking to buy Locomore

    2017-05-30T12:57:00Z

    EUROPE: LEO Express is looking to acquire German open access operator Locomore, which recently filed for insolvency. Speaking to German newspaper Handelsblatt, Leo Express CEO Peter Köhler confirmed that the Czech open access operator, not currently present in the German market, has made an offer for Locomore. In ...

  • UTK has awarded Czech open access operator LEO Express certification enabling it to operate its five Stadler Flirt electric multiple-units on the PKP-PLK network.
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    Czech open access fleet certified for Poland

    2017-05-17T06:00:00Z

    POLAND: Rail regulator UTK has awarded Czech open access operator LEO Express certification enabling it to operate its five Stadler Flirt electric multiple-units on the PKP-PLK network. This follows modifications to the units undertaken in early January under a €1·5m programme which was 85% funded by the European Union. On ...

  • LEO Express has ordered three electric multiple-units from China Railway Rolling Stock Corp; the image shows a 'generic' design devised by the operator, rather than the EMUs which are to be supplied.
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    LEO Express orders Chinese EMUs

    2016-09-27T13:28:00Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: Czech open access passenger operator LEO Express signed an order on September 26 for CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive to supply three electric multiple-units in mid-2018, with a framework agreement for up to 30 more which would be delivered in 2019-21. The price was not disclosed. LEO Express CEO for ...

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    LEO Express plans Košice service

    2014-04-18T11:33:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: Following the failure of its plans to enter the Polish market, Czech open access passenger operator LEO Express has announced its intention to extend its Praha - Ostrava - Bohumín - Karviná/Staré Město u Uherského Hradiště trains to Košice in eastern Slovakia from the 2014-15 timetable. LEO Express has ...

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    LEO Express enters Polish market

    2013-06-12T14:36:00Z

    POLAND: Through its local partner DLA, Czech open access inter-city operator LEO Express has applied for paths to operate on the Katowice/Kraków – Warszawa and Warszawa – Poznan – Szczecin routes. Announcing its entry into the Polish market on June 12, LEO Express said that it was ‘currently holding intensive ...

  • LEO Express fleet of Stadler Flirt electric multiple-units.
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    LEO Express carries first passengers

    2012-11-15T15:34:00Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: Open access inter-city operator LEO Express launched its first passenger-carrying services between Praha and Ostrava on November 13. The trial service of two round trips a day runs until November 16, as part of the final stage of the approvals process for its fleet of five Stadler Flirt ...

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    One Kiss good, two Kisses better

    2012-09-10T10:00:00Z

    STADLER: Having handed over a first Komfortabler Innovativer Spurtstarker S-Bahn-Zug (or KISS) double-deck EMU to SBB at Inno-Trans 2010, Stadler Rail will be presenting two more this year. Four-car sets destined for use by Netinera-Benex joint venture ODEG on regional services in Brandenburg and by BLS on ...

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    Leo Express recruitment campaign oversubscribed

    2012-06-01T04:00:00Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: Open access operator Leo Express reports that its recruitment campaign to find 80 staff ahead of its launch in December has been heavily oversubscribed. More than 800 people applied for the various positions on offer, many of which are customer-facing, such as call centre staff or onboard service ...

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    Fast internet means satisfied passengers

    2012-02-29T12:03:00Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: Nomad Digital is supplying on-train wireless internet technology for the five Stadler Flirt trains which Leo Express has ordered for its planned launch of Praha - Ostrava open access services in December. Nomad said the wi-fi system based on its R3500 router will aggregate all ...

  • The first Stadler Rail Flirt electric train for Czech open access operator Leo Express.
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    First Leo Express train handed over

    2012-02-08T11:43:00Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: The first of five Flirt electric multiple-units ordered by Leo Express to launch open access services was handed over in a ceremony at Stadler Rail's Bussnang plant in Switzerland on February 5. Leo Express, originally known as Rapid Express, was set up in 2010, backed by Aakon Capital. ...

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    News in Brief

    2011-06-11T04:00:00Z

    An integrated transport authority is to be formed to co-ordinate policy in New South Wales, leaving RailCorp, Sydney Buses and other transport agencies to focus on service delivery. On May 14 passenger services began stopping at the reopened station at Sösdala in southern Sweden after a gap ...