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ZSSK's Class 561 started passenger service
ZSSK's Class 561 started passenger service

ZSSK continues to modernise its fleet. On 15 February 2024 at 10.30 the first KISS EMU was put into regular operation at Nové Zámky in the presence of representatives of the Slovak Ministry of Transport and the management of Stadler and ZSSK.

ZSSK took over the KISSes
ZSSK took over the KISSes

On 20 December 2023, ZSSK took over three of the four KISS EMUs.

First ZSSK KISSes on the ŽSR network
First ZSSK KISSes on the ŽSR network

After the tests at the VUZ Velim centre, unit 561.002 was transported from Velim to Kúty in Slovakia on 2 August 2023.

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Rail Business Days 2023 (1)
Rail Business Days 2023 (1)

On 6 June 2023 at the Rail Business Days in Ostrava, Stadler and ZSSK presented the first six-car double-deck KISS EMU of the Class 561 to the public.

InnoTrans 2022 (45)
InnoTrans 2022 (45)

ŽOS Vrútky presented in Berlin a Bdmpz second class coach for Slovak railways. The latter has ordered in total 17 cars of this type.

ZSSK's Class 561
ZSSK's Class 561

Another novelty from Stadler are the Class 561 double-deck EMUs, of which four were ordered by ZSSK in December 2021.

ZSSK's KISS At Velim
ZSSK's KISS At Velim

On 17 April 2023, KISS 561.001 for ZSSK arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre.

More Panters For ZSSK
More Panters For ZSSK

On 23 December 2022, ZSSK ordered five more Panter EMUs.

KISS EMUs For ZSSK In Assembly
KISS EMUs For ZSSK In Assembly

Final assembly of the KISS EMUs for ZSSK is underway at the Stadler Siedlce works since summer of 2022.

New Look For ZSSK's Locomotives
New Look For ZSSK's Locomotives

On 27 May 2022, the first ZSSK locomotive in the new corporate design was put into service. 

Preparations For The Start Of Passenger Service At OŽ Continue
Preparations For The Start Of Passenger Service At OŽ Continue

After the rack-and-pinion railway in Vysoké Tatry (Ozubnicová železnica, OŽ) was cleared of snow on Friday 11 February, test runs began the very next day.

Preparations Of OŽ For The Start Of Passenger Operation
Preparations Of OŽ For The Start Of Passenger Operation

For 16 February 2022, it is planned to start passenger operation on the rack-and-pinion Štrba - Štrbské Pleso line in Vysoké Tatry.

Contract For ZSSK's KISS EMUs Signed
Contract For ZSSK's KISS EMUs Signed

On 16 December 2021, ZSSK and Stadler Polska signed a contract for the delivery of four six-car KISS EMUs.

ZSSK's Class 495.95 EMUs Starts Passenger Service
ZSSK's Class 495.95 EMUs Starts Passenger Service

Since July 2020, Strabag and Swietelsky-Slovakia carried out the modernisation of the OŽ line (Ozubnicová železnica, Rack and pinion railway) in Vysoké Tatry. On 23 July 2021, the Special Construction Office of the Slovak Ministry of the Interior issued a permit for "early use of the line - for test runs".

ZSSK's Fleet Of Panter EMUs Complete
ZSSK's Fleet Of Panter EMUs Complete

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