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On 12 December 2024, Škoda Group and Tampereen Raitiotie signed a contract for the delivery of seven new four-car bi-directional ForCity Smart Artic X34 trams and one additional module to extend one of the existing three-car trams.
On 27 January 2025, the Škoda Group presented the first ForCity Plus 52T tram destined for Praha to representatives of DPP and the media.
Since September, ComfortJet NMUs have been deployed on the SC 240/241 "Košičan" Prague - Ostrava - Košice and EC 178/175 and EC 176/177 "Berliner" Prague - Berlin - Prague services.
Following the transfer of all four Class 690 RegioPanter BEMUs to Bohumín on 28 November 2024, their handover to České dráhy took place the next day.
On 28 November 2024, alle four Class 690.2 units moved to their future operational location, Bohumín depot.
On 7 November 2024, Škoda Group signed a contract with the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport for five more RegioPanter EMUs.
The conversion of six Class Bmz compartment cars to Class Bbcmvz couchettes is underway.
A small reminder of the last InnoTrans and the ForCity 36T bi-directional trams for Rhein Neckar Verkehr (rnv) was provided by the models on the Škoda stand, which showed all three 1,000 mm gauge versions ordered as part of the Rhein-Neckar-Tram 2020 (RNT) project.
On 26 September 2024, Škoda Group and Tampereen Raitiotie signed in Tampere a contract for the extension of the ForCity Smart Artic X34 trams.
On the occasion of InnoTrans, ČD deployed for the first time a non-traction ComfortJet unit, namely 004, on the EC "Berliner" services on 24 and 25 September.
In early October 2024, Renfe's administrative council gave its consent for the state-owned operator to purchase a significant number of shares in Longitude, which is the Italian company which owns open access operator Arenaways.
At the stand of ULTIMATE Europe Transportation Equipment entrance doors for new trams, tentatively designated as Škoda ForCity Plus Praha 52T, were on display.
On 15 October 2024, Alstom concluded an addendum on the contract with Škoda Group for the supply of the ETCS Level 2 for trains to be manufactured by Škoda for RegioJet.
Award-winning tram for its design, "Sleep in motion" project, advanced digital technology and signalling systems. This is a selection of what the Škoda Group will be presenting at InnoTrans (on stand 600 in Hall 3.2).