Czechia: The company has commenced the assembly of the first low-floor ForCity Plus Praha 52T at its Plzeň plant.
Estonia: Märt Ehrenpreis, the Chief Technology Officer at the passenger operator Elron, reported to the media that a 6,000 km trial operation is scheduled to begin in July.
Czechia: The two-car 15Ev3 battery-electric multiple unit was unveiled two weeks at the Rail Business Days in Ostrava.
Czechia, Germany: The company will refurbish 79 three-car vehicles, extending their service life for a further 15 years.
Germany: The three-car ForCity Plus 47T, assembled in Plzeň, is 29 m long, 2.4 m wide and 70% low-floor.
Germany, Czechia: The Czech manufacturer has produced the inaugural ForCity Smart 38T tram, measuring 58.7 m in length.
Spain: The Spanish business media El Economista reports that negotiations are underway as the investment foundation CriteriaCaixa plans to engage the Czech manufacturer as a potential manufacturing partner.
Slovakia: The country capital received Škoda’s last bidirectional five-car ForCity Plus 30T from a 10-unit batch worth €26.5 mln, ordered in May 2022.
Brief overview of key events and news in the passenger rolling stock markets.