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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