Topic: Czech Railways

EIB invests almost one billion euros in Czechia to improve railways

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will loan 992 million euros to the Czech Ministry of Finance “in support of a major railway upgrade”. This is the largest loan from the EIB to the Czech Republic.Read more

25-10-2023|Comment|author: Marco Raimondi

Cheb train station. Source: Vojtěch Dočkal/Wikimedia Commons

Locomotive derailment in the Czech Republic slows rail freight down

Tuesday morning around 9 am a freight train locomotive derailed in the Cheb railway station, in the Western Czech Republic, close to the border with Germany. No one was injured, but traffic from Cheb to...Read more

17-08-2022|Comment|author: Marco Raimondi

Czech government to privatise national freight operator

The Czech government intends to privatise CD Cargo, the national railway freight carrier and subsidiary of Czech Railways. This idea was initiated by Dan Ťok, minister of transport of the Czech Republic. According to Ťok...Read more

22-10-2018|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko