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Between 21 and 24 September 2021, the 14th TRAKO trade fair was held in Gdańsk.

Between 21 and 24 September 2021, the 14th TRAKO trade fair was held in Gdańsk.

On 22 October 2021, ZSSK took over the last of a batch of 25 Panter EMUs produced by a Škoda Transportation - ŽOS Trnava consortium.

On 9 September 2021, ZSSK signed a contract with a consortium of Škoda Transportation and ŽOS Trnava for the purchase of nine four-car Panter EMUs with an option for 11 more.

Production of the first Type 16Ev EMU for Pasažieru vilciens continues at the Škoda Vagonka works in Ostrava.

Škoda Vagonka is currently welding the first bodyshells for the RegioPanter EMUs for Pasažieru vilciens.

Between 21 and 28 June 2021, a shortened four-car Viaggio Comfort test rake underwent trials in Hungary.

On 24 June 2021, a festive presentation of a new double-deck push-pull set for ČD, one of five, which will run in the Moravian-Silesian region, took place.

The four-car ČD's InterJet rake continues its foreign testing.

The first non-traction unit from the batch of ten Viaggio Comfort trains for ČD, which were named InterJet by the operator in May this year, has started the previously announced tests in Hungary. 

Pars nova, which focuses on the production, modernisation and repair of rail vehicles, changes its name to Škoda Pars on 17 May 2021.

Under this name, on 4 May 2021, a presentation of the recent achievements of the project, launched last year, aimed at doubling the production capacity of the Škoda Vagonka works, took place in Ostrava.

Testing of new double-deck cars from the ČD contract for five three-car push-pull rakes is proceeding to the next phase.

On 28 April 2021, Škoda Electric announced that it had completed the delivery of traction equipment for automatic metro trains to South Korea.

At present, various tests are underway with the first cars from the batch of 50 Viaggio Comfort carriages for ČD.