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Recent headlines and statistics suggest that many pedestrians and motorists do not understand the dangers of level crossings. Is the rail sector doing enough to help educate the public? With this year’s International Level Crossing Awareness Day (ILCAD) just around the corner, Global Railway Review takes a look at how…
The railway crossing safety topic is still on the agenda, due to the ongoing grim accident statistics. Although the overwhelming majority of collisions at level crossings are caused by mistakes by pedestrians and drivers, Správa železniční dopravní cesty (SŽDC) continues their search for tools to help improve the safeguarding of…
For the first time, Bombardier TRAXX locomotives are operated on regular passenger trains in the Czech Republic and Slovakia…
The new vehicles will assist the operator, RegioJet, in continuing the improvements across their railway network; increasing the frequency and reliability of the train services…
The President of the Urząd Transportu Kolejowego (the Polish railway authority and market regulator) has granted LEO Express with open access on the Kraków-Prague route.
Using distance, duration, price and transport mode, a new report from GoEuro has chosen its top 10 most convenient public transport transfers between European airports and their respective city centres.
Trainline has announced a partnership with Czech transport operator Leo Express.
The first of the 75 new carriages for the iconic Caledonian Sleeper service have arrived at the Velim test centre in the Czech Republic to undergo several weeks of testing.
8 July 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Czech rolling stock manufacturer CZ LOKO has unveiled the EffiLiner 3000 electric shunting vehicle at the Raildays trade fair in Ostrava.
14 April 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
ČD Cargo, the Czech rail transport company, has signed an agreement with Siemens to supply 5 Vectron locomotives for operation in the Czech Republic and neighbouring countries.
Despite the Czech Republic’s railway infrastructure being in a suitable condition, it still requires a lot of investment and intensive modernisation for it to fall in line with the quality of other railways of the European Union and Western Europe. Mojmír Nejezchleb, Deputy Director General, and Anna Kodysová, Head of…
4 February 2016 | By Pavel Krtek, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Ceské dráhy (CD)
The joint-stock company Ceské dráhy (CD) is one of the most important carriers in Central Europe, providing services for passenger transportation plus rail freight services through its subsidiary company, CD Cargo. For Global Railway Review, Chairman of the Board of Directors at CD, Pavel Krtek, explains that improving the services…
With recent significant contract-wins and proven industry know-how, Marie Vopálenská, General Director of the Association of Czech Railway Industry (ACRI) believes that Czech companies are in a firm position to compete with Europe’s railway giants...
4 June 2015 | By Dan Tok – Minister of Transport of the Czech Republic
As a result of a key decision adopted in the early-1990s to modernise the Czech railway network, the construction plan of the rail transit corridors will be implemented by 2020. It was determined that four rail transit corridors were to be featured on the railway network, establishing the most important…
4 June 2015 | By Pavel Surý, Director General of the Czech Railway Infrastructure Administration
In the words of Pavel Surý, Director General of the Czech Railway Infrastructure Administration, state organisation (RIA): “nothing is for free”. By that he means that time is running out for drawing down a significant amount of European money from the Operational Programmes on Transport which will, however, result in…
