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On 14 August 2020 Škoda Transportation announced that it will invest 460 million CZK (around 18 million EUR) in Šumperk-based Pars nova works over the next four years. 

On 26 July 2020, the first four of the 50 new Viaggio Comfort cars ordered by České dráhy from the Siemens-Škoda consortium were transported from ŠKODA VAGONKA of Ostrava to the VUZ Velim test center for authorisation tests.

Škoda Transportation has recently started construction of a new production and testing facility in Plzeň. In 2020 and 2021 the company will invest more than 800 million CZK (around 30 million EUR) in its main premises there.

Following testing in early June, when EMU 660.002 for ZSSK was hauled dead by a ČD Class 380 locomotive, the new Slovak RegioPanter was able to start test runs on the SŽ network under its own power.

In addition to the ČD Viaggio Comfort cars, six of which are now at various stages of final assembly, Škoda Vagonka also produces the first double deck cars for České dráhy.

While the batch production of three-car Class 661 RegioPanters for ZSSK is in progress, the prototype four-car EMUs 660.001 and 002 are located at the VUZ Velim test centre and type and authorisation tests are being carried out with them.

Since late April, the end cars for the three-car ZSSK Class 661 RegioPanter EMUs are being transported from Škoda Plzeň to ŽOS Trnava.

Škoda Vagonka continues to build a batch of five three-car push-pull trains for ČD, which were ordered on 29 March 2019.

Škoda Transportation Group has decided to expand the production capacity of its Škoda Vagonka works in Ostrava-Vítkovice, for which a ceremonial opening of the construction took place today.

On 12 February 2020 Pasažieru vilciens (PV) presented a future color design for its new Škoda Vagonka-built RegioPanter EMUs.

On 6 February ZSSK unveiled one of its future new RegioPanter EMUs, forming batch of 25 to be delivered starting in the summer of 2020.

In autumn 2019 Siemens Mobility at its Wien works started production of bodyshells for a batch of 50 Viaggio Comfort carriages for ČD. 

On 20 December 2019 Škoda Transportation announced that it had been selected as the supplier of EMUs for Jihomoravský kraj (the South Moravian Region). 

On 17 December 2019 Škoda Transportation and Sinara Group signed an agreement to establish a Sinara-Škoda joint venture for the production of metro trains, trams and trolleybuses.

On 30 July 2019, Škoda Vagonka announced that it had been confirmed as the winner of the Pasažieru Vilciens's tender and signed a contract for...