Czech Railways

SZ, the manager of the Czech railway infrastructure, has announced a tender for the modernization of the Prague-Bubny-Prague-Vystaviste line, including a station on the Prague-Kladno railway line, with a dedicated rail link to the Vaclav Havel airport in Prague.

The Czech railway infrastructure operator SŽ has launched three railway construction projects in the Brno metropolitan area, located on the railway corridor between Brno and Prague.

Polish ČD Cargo subsidiary has expanded its fleet with three new TRAXX DC3 locomotives.Locomotives intended only for operation on DC lines should further expand the presence of the Czech carrier on Polish rails.

After many years of deliberation Czech Railways are taking their first steps towards acquiring their own bus transport.

For one billion kroons, Škoda Pars will provide maintenance services for Panthers ČD over the next five years. Škoda Transportation Group will provide periodic maintenance of the RegioPanter and InterPanter ČD electrical units at its Sumperk plant for the next five years.

Czech Railways are looking for alternative methods of financing the fleet for 13 billion kroons. A new company will be created that will own the new ČD trains with a speed of 230 km/h.

Czech Railways want to buy 100-200 new trains. Pesa and Newag are invited to consult.

Zbinek Stanjura, chairman of the Civic Democratic Party, said that if his party comes to power, they will at least partially privatize the Czech Post and Czech Railways.

Czech Railways bought 4 Taurus locomotives for the connection between Poland and Austria.Ceske Drahy has signed a contract with a private freight carrier from Austria for the purchase of four used Taurus locomotives.

The Czech railway infrastructure operator SZ has signed a contract with the Strabag Rail consortium (89%) for the modernization of the 1.

Two passenger trains collided near the town of Milavche. According to the emergency services, at least two people were killed.

The Czech railway infrastructure management company SZ has signed two contracts for a total of 991 million CZK (39 million euros) for the installation of the ETCS system on 98 special rail vehicles.