Železničná_spoločnosť_Slovensko

Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko

Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko

Passenger trains operated company in Slovakia

Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, a.s. (ZSSK) (English: The Railway Company of Slovakia) is a Slovak state-owned passenger train company based in Bratislava.

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In 2002 a company Železničná spoločnosť was established as a successor of personal and cargo transport part of the Železnice Slovenskej republiky. In 2005 this new company was further split into "Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, a. s."[2] providing Passenger transport services and "Železničná spoločnosť Cargo Slovakia, a. s." (ZSSK CARGO or ZSCS)[3] providing cargo services.

Class 661 in Trenčín

The fleet of the Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko was partially modernised with the introduction of 8 3-car units and 2 4-car dual-voltage units of the new Škoda 7Ev EMUs. [4][5] The contract included the option for additional 5 3-car units and 10 4-car units. The company ordered in August 2021 from Škoda Transportation another nine trains for Košice region. There is also a purchase option for 11 additional trains. Further new EMUs will enter service in 2023. [6]

References

  1. [1]
    Výročná správa Železničnej spoločnosti Slovensko, a.s., za rok 2019 (PDF) (Report). Bratislava: Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, a.s. 31 March 2019. pp. 1–44. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    "ZSSK Slovakrail Hlavná stránka". Archived from the original on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
  3. [3]
    "Železničná spoločnosť Cargo Slovakia, a.s." www.zscargo.sk. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  4. [4]
    Ltd, DVV Media International. "ZSSK awards EMU contract". Railway Gazette. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  5. [5]
    "RegioPantery na Slovensko - K-REPORT český dopravní server". www.k-report.net (in Czech). Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Na Slovensku začaly jezdit nové Pantery, poprvé se vydaly do Polska". Zdopravy.cz (in Czech). 1 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.


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