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New DB Push-Pull Trains
  • 20th May 2014 15:36
New DB Push-Pull Trains
ŠKODA recently presented its latest version of designs for the new trains ordered in 2013 by DB Regio for its Nürnberg - Ingolstadt - München...
Three More Bulgarian Electrics Head For Czech Republic
  • 20th Feb 2014 13:52
Three More Bulgarian Electrics Head For Czech Republic
ZOS Zvolen has now acquired three more Škoda-built electrics from Bulgaria, in addition to the first four, which are now in service with various...
Class 380s Authorised In Poland, With Hungarian Authorisation Testing In Full Swing
  • 13th Feb 2014 17:59
Class 380s Authorised In Poland, With Hungarian Authorisation Testing In Full Swing
On 29 January 2014 the UTK granted Škoda’s Type 109E electrics (ČD’s Class 380s) authorisation to operate in Poland. Requests for issuing the...
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Austrian Authorisation For Class 380s
  • 15th Nov 2013 22:47
Austrian Authorisation For Class 380s
In the second half of October ČD’s Class 380s were finally granted conditional authorisation by ÖBB-Infrastruktur, enabling all 20 of them to...
E6800s On Test In Turkey
  • 8th Sep 2013 17:13
E6800s On Test In Turkey
The first of the batch of Class E6800 electrics, built by Hyundai Rotem and ŠKODA ELECTRIC for TCDD, are now on test in Turkey. This photo, taken...
Class 380s On Test Commercial Service in Hungary and Slovakia
  • 5th Sep 2013 18:02
Class 380s On Test Commercial Service in Hungary and Slovakia
In Hungary, this was allowed on 8 August 2013, with only 380.011 approved for this purpose, hauling freights for Slovakian open access operator...
New ŠKODA Push-Pull Rakes For DB
  • 5th Aug 2013 11:29
New ŠKODA Push-Pull Rakes For DB
On 5 August 2013 ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION and Deutsche Bahn representatives signed the contract (announced in June, see R 3/13, p. 10) for six push...
ŠKODA 109 E Electrics Become "Emil Zátopek"
  • 27th Jun 2013 21:54
ŠKODA 109 E Electrics Become "Emil Zátopek"
Older readers may recall the Helsinki Olympics of 1952, when the Czech long distance runner Emil Zátopek won two gold medals for the 5,000 m and 10...
New Locomotives For TCDD
  • 25th Jun 2013 16:01
New Locomotives For TCDD
Hyundai Rotem, working together with Tülomsas and ŠKODA ELECTRIC, is currently building a batch of 80 Class E6800 25 kV AC electrics for TCDD. The...
The Last CityElefant Enters Service
  • 11th Apr 2013 22:24
The Last CityElefant Enters Service
Almost exactly 15 years after the first official presentation of a Class 471 EMU, shown in the first photo on 13 May 1998 at Studénka station, on 5...
Conditional Approval For Class 380s Extended
  • 18th Jan 2013 10:04
Conditional Approval For Class 380s Extended
The ŠKODA-built Class 380 electrics have still not received their full authorisation. They continue to operate in the Czech Republic only and under...
A Class 380 On Test In Poland
  • 22nd Nov 2012 20:51
A Class 380 On Test In Poland
380.020, which has been in Poland since October 2011, is shown here at Podstolice station (east of Poznań) on 22 November 2012, while realising an...