Leo Express expands passenger services

THE Czech Republic's newest open-access passenger operator, Leo Express, will offer a full service on the Prague – Ostrava – Bohumin route for the first time from January18, when it will ramp up the number of round trips per weekday from five to eight to provide a service every two hours.

A Leo Express Flirt emu at Prague Halvni.

Photo Credit: Quintus Vosman

There will be an extra train on Fridays, with slightly fewer trains at weekends.

Leo Express launched a trial service on November 13 2012 using a fleet of five Stadler Flirt emus. It originally planned to introduce the full service on December 9, but had to delay this due to teething problems with the trains.

"I'm glad that our service is now starting in full," says Mr Leos Novotny, founder and CEO of LEO Express. "We have worked on fine-tuning our services in response to complaints from passengers so they are further improved."

Leo Express is the second private operator on the route between Prague and Ostrava after RegioJet. Both operators compete with Czech Railways (CD).

Leo Express expands passenger services

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