BUSINESS

Innovation on Rails

ŠKODA VAGONKA is a direct successor in the traditional production of passenger rail vehicles,

specializing in urban electric trains, suburban transport, railcars, light regional trains, and passenger

trailer cars. The company provides full servicing of the vehicles, including repairs and renewal as well

as spare parts.

passenger transport, from space to the transport of

individuals with limited motion or orientation to an

advanced information system, electric sockets and,

what is absolutely vital to traveling today, WiFi access.

With regards to their plans and position on the

market, Škoda Vagonka continues to focus on

keeping and reinforcing key skills, particularly in railcar

development and design, which allow for innovation

as well as expansion of their product portfolio. Being

headquartered in Ostrava brings the company the

opportunity to make use of a high-quality labour force

and to truly be an innovative producer. That is also

related to the close collaboration with VŠB–Technical

University Ostrava in projects of applied research and

in the so-called Industrial Board.

Škoda Vagonka, a member of Škoda Transportation

group, is a famous producer of highly innovative means

of suburban rail passenger transport. Rail vehicles made

in Ostrava comply with all the requirements of modern

Škoda Transportation Group provides the full range of

service in passenger transport by the production and

delivery of rail vehicles to cities all over Europe. In 2020,

Ostrava will become the first city in the Czech Republic

and Central Europe to hedge bets on the cutting

edge large-capacity rail vehicles, ForCity Smart. The

Board of Directors of Dopravní podnik Ostrava (DPO,

Public Transport Company Ostrava), followed by the

supervisory board, unanimously confirmed a contract

totalling 1.9 billion CZK on the purchase of forty new

rail vehicles with a capacity of 200 passengers made by

Škoda Transportation.

The “smart” in the name clearly defines the producer’s

and transporter’s trust in advanced technologies,

comforts and safety of public transport, which

correspond with rail vehicles equipped with WiFi, USB

ports, air-conditioning, monitoring systems and antigraffiti film.

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