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    Interview: ČD sees fleet renewal opportunity despite ‘tedious’ approval task

    2024-11-05T11:00:00Z

    Michal Krapinec, Chairman & Director General of Czech national operator České Dráhy, unveils his strategy for developing domestic and international passenger services to Toma Bačić.

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    Leasing company to expand Vectron fleet

    2024-09-30T05:00:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: RS Lease has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract for the ‘fast’ delivery of 30 Vectron Multi System electric locomotives, with an option for 35 more including Dual Mode variants. The locomotives with a output of up to 6·4 MW and maximum speed of up to ...

  • Arriva Czech Republic train (Photo Arriva Group)
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    Investor sees ‘genuine growth potential’ as DB completes sale of Arriva

    2024-06-03T14:00:00Z

    EUROPE: The sale of Deutsche Bahn’s non-German public transport business Arriva to I Squared Capital has been completed, the companies announced on June 3. DB said it would now focus on rail transport within Germany, while I Squared said it sees opportunities to invest in decarbonisation. ...

  • Bratislava (Photo Vladimír Ješko, Pixabay)
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    Second Bratislava to Austria line to be electrified

    2024-04-11T05:00:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: Infrastructure manager ŽSR has started work on the long-planned electrification of the short 2·4 km single-track link from Devínska Nová Ves to the Austrian border at Marchegg. The €10·9m EU co-funded project includes 25 kV 50 Hz electrification, new signalling and rehabilitation of tracks and ...

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    RegioJet to launch night train to Ukraine

    2024-03-19T12:00:00Z

    EUROPE: RegioJet has opened ticket sales for a night train service between Praha and the rail hub at Chop in western Ukraine’s Zakarpattia Oblast. The operator says this will be the first 100% commercially operated service between the European Union and Ukraine. The daily service is ...

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    Slovakian Kiss EMUs enter service

    2024-02-22T05:00:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: National operator ZSSK has put the first of its Stadler Kiss double-deck electric multiple-units into passenger service. ‘Today is an important milestone’, State Secretary at the Ministry of Transport Denisa Žiláková said at the launch at Nové Zámky station on February 15. ’For the first ...

  • Newag is to supply locos to Akiem (Image: Newag)
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    Newag signs its highest value locomotive order

    2023-11-17T15:09:00Z

    POLAND: Leasing company Akiem has awarded Newag a contract to supply and maintain 30 Dragon 2 six-axle electric freight locomotives with options for 50 more. Chair of the Newag management board Zbigniew Konieczek said the order signed on November 16 is the largest ...

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    Siemens Mobility acquires central European train protection system supplier HMH

    2023-11-16T09:02:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: Siemens Mobility has completed the acquisition of HMH, which supplies the MIREL legacy national train protection system used in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. Siemens Mobility said it is now able to offer a complete train protection portfolio covering Eastern European rail corridors. ...

  • Arriva Stadler Wink multiple-unit in the Netherlands
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    Deutsche Bahn to sell Arriva Group to I Squared

    2023-10-19T09:43:00Z

    EUROPE: German national railway Deutsche Bahn has signed an agreement to sell the whole of Arriva Group to infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital. The transaction announced on October 19 is expected to complete in 2024, subject to customary closing conditions including the approval of the ...

  • ZSR Tvema track measuring vehicle (1)
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    Track measuring train will be able to cover network twice a year

    2023-10-14T05:00:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: Infrastructure manager ŽSR has acquired a Sever-1435 two-car track monitoring and diagnostic train, which Minister of Transport Pavel Lančarič said will enable the entire network to be inspected twice a year. The 50 m long diesel-powered trainset was built by Russian company TVEMA. It is ...

  • ZSSK Stadler Kiss EMU
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    ZSSK unveils first Kiss EMU

    2023-06-25T05:00:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: National operator ZSSK has presented the first of four six-car Kiss double-deck electric multiple-units supplied by Stadler. Unveiled at the Rail Business Days event in Ostrava on June 6, the four EMUs are planned to enter service on the Bratislava – Žilina, Bratislava – Nové ...

  • Prototype refurbished Yosaria Trains sleeping car
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    Yosaria Trains acquires ex-DB double-deck sleeping cars

    2023-06-07T05:00:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: Yosaria Trains has taken delivery of 35 out-of-use double-deck sleeping cars which were formerly used on Deutsche Bahn CityNightLine services.

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    Electrification contract awarded

    2023-05-29T10:00:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: Infrastructure manager ŽSR has awarded ELTRA a €216·1m contract to modernise and electrify the 33·5 km Bánovce nad Ondavou – Humenné line east of Košice. The single-track line will be electrified at 3 kV DC with provision for future conversion to 25 kV 50 Hz. ...

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    Leo Express targets significant market share by 2030

    2023-05-25T10:00:00Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC: Open access and public service contract operator Leo Express says it is aiming to gain a ‘significant’ share of the Czech passenger market by 2030, and to launch further services in neighbouring countries. In 2022 its train and coach services in the Czech Republic, ...

  • Slovakian GSM-R contract
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    Slovakian main line GSM-R contract signed

    2023-04-04T05:00:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: Infrastructure manager Železnice Slovenskej Republiky has awarded a contract to roll out GSM-R to support ETCS Level 2 on its 329 km main line linking Varín east of Žilina to Košice and Čierna nad Tisou on the Ukrainian border. The €40m turnkey contract has been ...

  • Three Seas high speed rail map
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    Three Seas high speed network proposed to link Warszawa with Tallinn, Budapest, Praha and Kyiv

    2023-01-24T09:30:00Z

    EUROPE: Memoranda of understanding for co-operation on the development of new and enhanced rail links between capital cities in central and eastern Europe, including Kyiv, were signed at the Railway Direction Days 2023 conference in Warszawa.

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    ŽSSK orders more RegioPanter EMUs

    2023-01-04T13:53:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: National operator ŽSSK has ordered a further five four-car RegioPanter electric multiple-units from a consortium of Škoda Group and ŽOS Trnava.

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    Eastern Europe: War and supply chain turmoil put rail growth at risk

    2022-10-18T12:30:00Z

    A deal which closed in January to create a joint venture with Slovenia’s state railway to run the SŽ-Tovorni Promet freight business is the latest in a series of expansionist moves by Czech private operator EP Logistics International. But future growth is under threat as the market outlook worsens, Executive Director Zbigniew Klepacki explains to Nick Kingsley.

  • Tatravagonka InnoTrans 2022
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    Non-traditional materials to reduce bogie weights

    2022-10-01T05:00:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: The readiness of the rail freight market to accept the use of non‑traditional materials in bogie production is being assessed in Tatravagónka’s Y25LsAL‑C-K bogie project, for which technical and economic feasibility studies are now underway. The wagon manufacturer says weight reductions and the resulting improvements ...

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    Leo Express to take over Bratislava – Komárno services

    2022-08-24T05:00:00Z

    SLOVAKIA: The Ministry of Transport has selected Czech open access operator Leo Express for a PSO contract to operate passenger services on the 95 km Bratislava – Dunajská Streda – Komárno line. The contract is intended to run for nine years from December 10 2023, but ...