CZECH wagon manufacturer Legios filed for insolvency on October 28, owing around CKr 220m ($US 11.7m) the VUB bank and more than CKr 300m to other creditors.
PRAGUE City Council has approved plans for the construction of the initial phase of metro Line D, which will link the city centre with the southern suburbs of Lhotka, Libuš, Nové Dvory, and Pisníce as well as Krč hospital.
A joint venture is to be established between Zerz, a Ukrainian state-owned electric locomotive maintenance and repair company, and Skoda, Czech Republic, to build dual-voltage passenger locomotives for Ukrainian Railways (UZ).
CZECH open-access operator RegioJet has announced it intends to seek Koruna 270m ($US 14m) in damages from Czech Railways (CD), which it accuses of engaging in anticompetitive practices on the Prague – Ostrava route.
CZECH open-access long-distance passenger operator Leo Express announced on June 24 that it has carried more than 400,000 passengers in the six months since the launch of its full timetable on January 18.
CZECH Railways (CD) has placed a Koruna 942.7m ($US 46.9m) order with Škoda Transportation for an additional seven Regiopanter emus.
CZECH intermodal and railfreight operator Metrans opened its new container terminal at Česká Třebova in Eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic, on May 6.
CZECH rolling stock manufacturer Škoda Transportation has been granted an EC Declaration of Conformity for its 109E multi-system electric locomotive, meaning the design complies with the European TSI for High Speed Rolling Stock (TSI-HS RST).
CZECH open-access operator Leo Express recorded a 25% increase in traffic in March on its services linking Prague, Ostrava and Bohumin. This contrasts with January which had weak growth.
AN Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) RailJet train made a special tour through the Czech Republic yesterday in preparation for the launch of joint operation of RailJet trains by ÖBB and Czech Railways (CD) in December 2014 on the Graz – Vienna Brno – Prague corridor. The service will operate at two-hourly intervals.