Czechia: The Prague Public Transit Company DPP has announced a tender worth €3.4 bln for the automation of the city’s C and D metro lines up to the highest unmanned level, GoA4, and modernisation of infrastructure.
EU: The goal is to commence equipping the entire European freight fleet of 500,000 cars with digital automatic coupling, DAC, in 2028, despite criticism.
Czechia: The eight-coach Viaggio Comfort train has been recently showcased at the main railway station in Prague.
EU: GATX Rail Europe has announced that all leasing contracts will include the Basic Telematics Package to track the location of railcars online at no additional cost from March.
Czechia, Germany: The local manufacturer has unveiled the rolling stock it assembles at the site in Pilsen.
Czechia: The three-car trainset was assembled at the Skoda production plant in Ostrava, Czechia, and shipped to another plant in Pilsen for testing on a nearly one km test track.
Czechia: The Zacens class tank car tests were held on the VUZ test centre in Velim, Czechia.
Czechia: The private operator RegioJet has started a four-month trial of the Sirius EMUs on the route between Kolín and Ústí nad Labem. The second train is reportedly parked in a depot in case the first one breaks down.
EU: According to the Israeli company, its Main Line is now certified to comply with key EU railway standards.
