US intermodal freight company RailRunner launched its first services in Europe on July 31 with the start of a daily flow between Bratislava and Braunschweig.
CZECH and Slovak open-access operator Regiojet has awarded Bombardier a contract to supply eight Traxx MS2E multi-system electric locomotives, with an option for 20 additional units.
SLOVAKIA’s national passenger operator ZSSK has awarded ŽOS Vrútky, Slovakia a contract worth around €77m to supply 21 additional class 861 DMUs to replace ageing locomotive-hauled trains in the Zvolen area.
SLOVAKIA’s national passenger operator ZSSK has launched a tender worth €69.5m for the supply of 26.4m-long long-distance air-conditioned passenger coaches.
SLOVAKIA’s national train operator ZSSK has scrapped a tender for the purchase of 25 EMUs amounting to €160m.
CZECH and Slovak open-access operator Regiojet is to set to launch Prague - Bratislava services with the start of the 2017 timetable on December 11, with trains running via Pardubice and Brno.
DPMK, the public transport operator in the Slovakian city of Košice, has awarded Vinci subsidiary Eurovia a contract worth around €80m for the second phase of the modernisation of the city’s 33km standard-gauge tram network.
SLOVAKIAN national passenger operator ZSSK has confirmed it is planning to reinstate inter-city services between the capital Bratislava and the country’s second-largest city Košice from December 11.
ZSSK Cargo, Slovakia, transported 16.9 million tonnes of freight in the first six months of 2016, reaching operating revenues of €134.6m, recording an operating profit of €15.6m, and a total profit of €549,000.
CZECH open-access passenger operator Regiojet is planning to launch a new service between Prague and the Slovakian capital Bratislava.