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60 trolleybuses by Skoda for the Zlin network

Zlin (Czech Republic) has started the renewal of its trolleybus fleet. DSZO (Dopravní společnost Zlín-Otrokovice), the Zlín and Otrokovice transport company recently signed a contract with the manufacturer Škoda for the supply of up to 60 new trolleybuses, for the purchase of which DSZO received a g...

The new Yutong trolleybuses for Quito’s network

The first units of the 60 articulated trolleybuses built by Yutong, ordered in August 2024 for the renewal of the trolleybus fleet of Quito’s approximately 18 km-long network, consisting of a main line and several shorter lines, are in service in the capital of Ecuador.  The contract with Empr...

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Presented the new metro for Paris Line 18

The transport authority of Île-de-France Mobility (IdFM), Société du Grand Paris (SGP), the company managing the Grand Paris Express project, and Alstom presented the final design of the rolling stock for the future metro line 18, which will connect Orly Airport to Versailles. The new line 18 of the...

ForCity, the new Skoda tram for Bonn

2023 begins with an important new development for the rail rolling stock fleet of SWB, the company that operates public transport in Bonn, Germany, a city of 330,000 inhabitants located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In fact, the first of 26 ForCity Smart trams ordered in December 2019 from...

Milan-Seregno tramway: work to begin in March

On Tuesday, January 10, 2023, the Metropolitan City of Milan signed a contract with the company C.M.C. Ravenna for the construction of the new Milan-Seregno tramway (with an intermediate stop in Desio). The first construction site is scheduled to start on March 15, 2023. The signed agreement calls f...

302 line extension to Bochum in service. With Variobahn

The year 2023 is the best start for Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG (BoGeStra), a major German transport operator that operates the networks in Bochum, Gelsenkirken and Herne, cities in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of West Germany. After 15 months of construction work, the new 820-metre...

Six new Skoda trolleybuses for the streets of Prešov

The city of Prešov, Slovakia, will soon be able to count on six new trolleybuses signed Škoda: the 18-meter-long vehicles will complement the winged arrow’s fleet of 25 trolley buses delivered in recent years under a contract signed in 2016. Specifically, these are trolleybuses of the Škoda 27...

New tram lines in Florence by 2026

by Stefano Alfano The Florentine tram network will reach Campi Bisenzio and Bagno a Ripoli. The Florence city council has  approved the resolutions for line 3.2.1 (Piazza della Libertà, Bagno a Ripoli) and line 4 (Stazione Leopolda, Piagge, Campi Bisenzio); the first step is expected to be the ...

53 new Skoda trolleybuses for the city of Pilsen

The relationship between the Bohemian city of Pilsen and Skoda is being strengthened. Fifty-three trolleybuses from the Czech Republic-based manufacturer will be running on Pilsen’s streets in the coming years. The Pilsen Urban Transport Company (PMDP) has signed a framework contract with the ...

Twenty-five years of Skoda streetcars

Skoda crosses an important milestone and celebrates the 25th anniversary of the first streetcar to come out of the company’s plant in Pilsen. Lo and behold, Skoda’s history actually has more distant roots, going back to the early twentieth century, as several streetcar models that plied ...
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