This month, operations of Leo Express started for the regional train service between Bratislava and Komárno, the first awarded contract since the Spanish state-owned operator Renfe took a majority stake in the Central European operator.Read more
Czech public transport operator Leo Express is aiming to introduce a train service connecting Belgium to Slovakia’s capital Bratislava in the coming months. Ticket sales also began on their new Bratislava–Komárno service.Read more
For the fourth year, Czech-based operator RegioJet will run summer night trains and bus services from Czech Republic to Croatia via Slovakia and Slovenia. Because Croatia joined the Schengen zone at the start of this...Read more
Slovakia’s Economics Minister Richard Sulík believes that a hydrogen train will start running on the Nové Zámky – Prievidza line by the end of this parliamentary term, which runs until 2024. He said this at...Read more
Austrian railway company ÖBB has officially withdrawn from the joint venture responsible for the broad gauge extension from Kosice in Slovakia to Austrian capital Vienna. It has offered its shares for sale to its Russian,...Read more
Slovak infrastructure manager ŽSR signed contracts with contractors for six new railway projects at the Ministry of Transport last week, which should give the railways a boost. It includes three modernisations, including the Bratislava railway...Read more
Sweden-based construction group Skanska and the Czech Elektrizace železnic Praha are selected to modernise part of a railway line from Czech Republic to Slovakia. The modernisation of the border section between Lanžhot (Czech Republic) and...Read more
More trains are cancelled in Ukraine on Friday as the invasion of Russian troops continues. The railways of neigbouring Slovakia (ZSSK) has halted train transport to Ukraine until further notice, they announced in a statement....Read more
Austrian railway infrastructure manager ÖBB will further improve the track between Vienna and Slovakia’s capital Bratislava. The entire stretch will be electrified and expanded to double track. This will shorten the travel time between the...Read more
Renfe is finalising the process for the acquisition of 50 percent of the stakes of Leo Express, a private Czech railway company. This will allow activity in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland, and have...Read more
RegioJet extended its train services between Croatian coastal city of Rijeka and Prague, Bratislava or other cities to a daily frequency. Every day trains depart in both directions from Prague and Rijeka offering direct connection...Read more
Slovak rail infrastructure manager Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR) has started the reconstruction of the Štrbské Pleso – Štrba rack railway in the High Tatras. The works will carry out by early February 2021. Afterwards, the...Read more
Czech open-access operator RegioJet has started a new long-distance overnight train. It connects five countries of Central Eastern Europe, from land-locked Czechia to Croatia, which is famous for its resorts on the Adriatic Sea.Read more
Women account for 21.41 per cent of the railway staff in Europe. Such a conclusion has been made by the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF)...Read more
RailTech continues to cover the influence of coronavirus on the European rail sector. Below you can find some highlights of Wednesday, 18 March. The updates from Tuesday, 17 March, are available here.Read more