DAKO-CZ, a manufacturer of braking systems and components for rail vehicles from Třemošnice, East Bohemia, has defended the Czech Business Superbrands award for 2023. The judges were convinced by the economic results, growth and new projects of the company with more than two hundred years of tradition. The only Czech manufacturer of brakes for rolling…

Electric multiple units newly designated as KTX-Eum were previously known as EMU-260. The word ‘Eum’ in Korean means ‘uniting through connection’, thus symbolising the fact that the dense high-speed rail network contributes significantly to integrate the entire South Korean society. The multiple units are manufactured by Hyundai Rotem in Changwon. The trainset with the total…

The cooperation between companies Borcad and RETEX has resulted in a unique product designed for rolling stock. These are seats with special MEPAR and UNTEX VSS textiles. The seats will appear, for example, in carriages manufactured for Czech Railways by the Škoda Transportation – Siemens consortium, in Estonian Railways carriages manufactured by Škoda Transporatation and…

The prolongation process of the accreditation of the Test centre for railway rolling stock and container VÚKV a.s. for next five years based on several-day assessing carried out by the Czech Accreditation Institute according to ČSN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 was successfully crowned in late April and early May 2023 without any recorded disagreement during the…

DAKO-CZ will deliver hydraulic brake units, including controls, for a total of 80 modernized trams to Göteborg, Sweden, in the upcoming years. The manufacturer of brake systems and components for rail vehicles from Třemošnice in East Bohemia will produce them in the upcoming years for the sets that will be modernized by Škoda Group at…

Škoda Group, a leading manufacturer of vehicles for public transport, has been awarded the contract for the modernisation of couchette coaches for ÖBB, Austria’s national railway company. The contract includes the modernisation of six coaches for the ÖBB Nightjet fleet. The work will be carried out at the Škoda Group’s production site in Šumperk and…