Slovenian Railways

Passenger coach procurement in Slovenia is linked to plans to develop high-speed passenger services and make rail travel more attractive.

Slovenia actively purchases 30 Traxx locomotives from Alstom for $163 million very soon. Dnevnik newspaper reports that the contract signing with SŽ-Tovorni promet occurs in March.

Hitachi Rail will implement an advanced European Train Control System (ETCS) on a new railway line in Slovenia, as reported by the railway news portal Railway Supply.

The state company 2TDK has finished building the bridge crossing in the Vinjan Valley, which has become the largest on the line, this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

The Slovenian national carrier SŽ has announced a tender for the supply of 30 four-axle multi-system electric locomotives, this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

Slovenian Railways is changing the appearance of its staff uniforms, as reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

Slovenian state project company 2TDK has signed a contract worth 203. 8 million euros with the consortium SŽ – Železniško gradbeno podjetje, Kolektor IGIN, GH Holding, and YM Construction for the construction of the railway project Devača – Koper, as reported by the railway portal Railway Supply.

The national carrier of Slovenia will purchase an additional 20 FLIRT DMU trains, according to the Railway Supply magazine.

At this year's TRAKO International Railway Fair in Gdansk, Stadler presented the KISS double-deck electric train, manufactured for Slovenske Zelenice in accordance with a contract signed in April 2018.

Billionaire Daniel Krzetinski's EPH holding has received permission from the European Commission and will buy out 49 percent of the shares in the Slovenské železnice cargo division, the Slovenian state-owned railway company.

Dual training of railway workers is being implemented in SlovakiaŽelezničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK) are implementing a dual education project in the academic year 2021/2022 in cooperation with several vocational schools, informs Railway Supply magazine citing information from ZSSK.