Czechia – Railcolor News

[locomotive] Retro-style for RegioJet Pool’s Skoda locomotives – why?

Matej Plesko — Fri, 09 May 2025 12:02:09 +0000

Last summer, RegioJet announced a breakthrough after several unsuccessful attempts: they had finally secured a contractor to convert their single-system Class 162 locomotives into dual-system units.

[design] Who let the dogs out? CT Train’s Dogtron fleet keeps expanding

Matej Plesko — Sun, 04 May 2025 12:30:50 +0000

CT Train’s Vectron Fleet Is Growing—Alongside Its Pack of Dog-Themed Locomotives.

It all began in the summer of 2024.

[passenger] RegioJet’s new high-speed look

Matej Plesko — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:56:53 +0000

Pesa has just over a year and a half left to supply RegioJet with the fast EMUs needed for the Prague—Brno/Jihlava line.

[data] ČD second generation Panters: the overview

Matej Plesko — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:59:56 +0000

In 2018, ČD began preparing for a series of tenders to operate regional train lines across the Czech Republic.

[locomotive] 50 more Effishunter 1000M for ČD Cargo

Bastian Vogelvanger — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:40:26 +0000

ČD Cargo, the Czech freight operator, has announced that CZ Loko has won the contract to modernize up to 50 locomotives.

[passenger] Sirius rises again

Matej Plesko — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:15:12 +0000

The third Sirius, produced by the Chinese manufacturer CRRC, arrived in Europe in week 2 of December 2024.

[locomotive] All aboard the Baltic Express: A new era of travel between Prague and Gdynia begins

Matej Plesko — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 08:06:41 +0000

A long-planned project of PKP Intercity and České dráhy has started: The Baltic Express. With the arrival of the new timetable on 15 December 2024, the capital of the Czech Republic and the seaside city of Gdynia are now connected by four pairs of expresses a day in both directions, which are routed via Wroclaw, Poznan and Gdansk.

[locomotive] How Vectron locomotives bridged the gap between ČD and ČD Cargo – but the deal has ended

Matej Plesko — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:03:05 +0000

It has been over a year since Vectron locomotives, leased by České dráhy (ČD) from RS Lease, started operating at the front of ČD Cargo trains.

[locomotive] GJW Praha receives EffiShunter locomotives ahead of ETCS deadline in Czech Republic

Matej Plesko — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 08:18:59 +0000

Almost exactly two years after placing the order, GJW Praha received the first two EffiShunter 1000 locomotives. The third locomotive will arrive soon, just in time for the introduction of exclusive ETCS operation on Czech railway corridors next month.

[passenger] Green Panter: České dráhy takes delivery of the first battery trains in the Czech Republic

Matej Plesko — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 22:59:56 +0000

České dráhy (ČD) has become the first train operator in the Czech Republic to own battery+electric trains, also known as BEMUs.