Škoda Transportation

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Škoda Transportation as

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legal form Akciová společnost
founding 1995
Seat Pilsen , Czech Republic
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
management
  • Marek Čmejla
  • Jiří Diviš
  • Tomáš Krsek
  • Michal Korecký
Number of employees 4800 (2015)
sales 16.4 billion CZK (2014)
Branch mechanical engineering
Website www.skoda.cz

Construction of a Škoda 06 T tram in the Škoda plants in Pilsen

Škoda Transportation as is a Czech mechanical engineering company based in Pilsen . The focus of activities is in the field of traffic engineering. The company emerged from the mechanical engineering group Škoda , has the same name and logo together with the automobile manufacturer Škoda Auto due to history, but no affiliation with the Volkswagen group .

history

With the loss of traditional customers in Eastern Europe after the political change, the Czech company was looking for new fields of activity. From 1993 the company was active with vehicles for urban public transport . So z. B. initially with extensive modernization work on the vehicles of the Prague metro and the development of the double-decker railcars of the Czech class 471 .

In 1997, the production of modern multi-section tram cars with low-floor technology began. Not only did they catch on in the Czech market, they were also sold abroad.

Over the years, different variants of three- or five-unit articulated multiple units with a more or less extensive low-floor section have emerged.

The company has been part of the PPF Group since 2018 .

Tram vehicles

Škoda Astra / Anitra

Type 03 T in Pilsen (Czech Republic)
  • Škoda 03T : A total of 48 sets are in operation in five different cities in the Czech Republic, including Brno and Pilsen .

Škoda Elektra

→ Main article: Škoda Elektra

Type 06 T in Cagliari (Italy)
Type 10 T in Portland (USA)
Type 13 T in Brno (Czech Republic)

A series of mostly five-part, low-floor tram cars are referred to as Škoda Elektra, all of which (except 10T) are based on the prototype Škoda Vektorra (05 T) .

  • Škoda Elektra 06 T: it is a bi-directional vehicle that was developed for the Italian light rail system Cagliari with a track width of 950 mm. The low-floor share is 65% of the usable area.
  • Škoda Elektra 10 T : the four-axle, three-part articulated tram car was developed from the 03 T. These are bidirectional vehicles with a low-floor share of 50%. A total of ten such sets are in use in the American cities of Portland and Tacoma .
  • Škoda Elektra 13 T: 29 cars of this type, which was developed from the 14 T, have been in operation in Brno since 2007 .
  • Škoda Elektra 14 T: The first two cars of this type - which were designed by Porsche Design - were delivered to the Prague trams in 2005 . Prague has ordered a total of sixty vehicles - all vehicles of this type had been delivered by March 2009.
  • Škoda Elektra 16 T: It is a slightly modified 14 T. A total of 17 vehicles were delivered in 2006 and 2007 for the Breslau tram .
  • Škoda Elektra 19 T: The 19 T is the bi-directional variant of the 16 T. A total of 31 vehicles were delivered to Wroclaw.

Škoda ForCity

→ Main article: Škoda ForCity

Type 15 T in Prague (Czech Republic)
Type 26 T for Miskolc (Hungary) during the test phase in Pilsen
Type 30 T in Bratislava (Slovakia)
  • Škoda ForCity Alfa ( 15 T ): The city of Prague has ordered 250 of these three-part one-way vehicles with 100% low-floor space. The first car had been in test operation with passengers since October 6, 2010 in Prague. All vehicles of this type are to be delivered to Prague by 2018. The 15 T run on four bogies, one at each end and two Jakobs bogies under the joints. In May 2008, the Riga City Transport Authority ordered 20 sets with an option for a further 32 vehicles. The otherwise structurally identical wagons were given bogies for a track width of 1524 millimeters and painted blue and white. The first prototype was delivered in June 2009. In November 2012, a total of 26 vehicles were ready for use, 6 of them as a four-part version.
  • Škoda ForCity Classic (26T / 28T / 35T): five-part, 100% low-floor bidirectional cars for the cities of Miskolc (26T) in Hungary and Konya (28T) in Turkey. Both types are regular. A total of 72 vehicles of this type are in use in Konya, 12 of which are equipped for operation without overhead lines. 14 vehicles each were ordered for the cities of Chemnitz (35T) and Eskisehir (Turkey);
  • Škoda ForCity Plus (29T / 30T): five-part tram cars for the Bratislava tram in Slovakia. The low-floor share is 88% for the one-way vehicle 29T and 92% for the two-way vehicle 30T. 30 pieces of each of the two types were procured. These types are so far only meter-tracked.
  • Škoda ForCity Smart Artic : three-part, fully low-floor articulated wagon with four bogies for the Finnish capital Helsinki , which was developed by the Finnish manufacturer Transtech (which has been part of the Škoda Transportation group since August 4, 2015 ) . Two prototypes have been in test use since 2014, followed by series delivery of 38 vehicles by 2018. There is an option for a further 20 vehicles. Outwardly, they have similarities to the Bombardier Flexity Berlin tram type . In October 2014, a unit was on test drives in Würzburg . Additional vehicles have been ordered for the Helsinki- Espoo interurban tram and for the Tampere tram . In June 2018, the German Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr ordered 80 trams of the modified ForCity Smart type.

overview

Surname Type ER / ZR Place of use
Astra / Anitra 03T One-way vehicle Brno , Most - Litvínov , Olomouc , Ostrava , Pilsen
Vector 05T One-way vehicle only prototype
Elektra 13T / 14T / 16T One-way vehicle Brno (13D), Prague (14D), Wroclaw (16D)
Elektra 06T / 10T / 19T Bidirectional vehicle Cagliari (06T), Portland (Oregon) , Tacoma (10T), Wroclaw (19T)
ForCity Alfa 15T One-way vehicle Prague , Riga
ForCity Classic 26T / 28T / 35T Bidirectional vehicle Miskolc (26T), Konya (28T), Chemnitz (35T), Eskişehir
ForCity Plus 29T One-way vehicle Bratislava
ForCity Plus 30T Bidirectional vehicle Bratislava
ForCity Smart Artic One-way vehicle Helsinki , in future: Tampere
ForCity Smart One-way vehicle / two-way vehicle future: Mannheim ( RNV ), Ostrava, Pilsen, Bonn

technical features

The asynchronous motors are controlled electronically. The braking energy can be fed back into the network. The electrical equipment is located in easily accessible containers on the roof of the vehicles. The vehicle bodies are made from long-proven materials. The low-floor area is 35 cm above the top of the rail.

Third-party licenses

  • United Streetcar: The new American company United Streetcar has manufactured several trams for the American market based on the Škoda 10 T type, which are in use in Portland (Oregon) , Tucson (Arizona) and Washington, DC . Due to the high competition with the other established manufacturers, production was discontinued.
  • CSR Sifang: The Chinese company CSR Sifang has the license to produce 400 type 27T vehicles based on the type 15T (Škoda ForCity Alfa).
  • BSR: The Chinese company Beijing Subway Rolling Stock Equipment (BSR) is producing new low-floor trams for the Chinese capital Beijing , which include parts from Škoda.

Railway vehicles and locomotives

→ Main article: Škoda Vagonka

Electric locomotives

  • Locomotive Emil Zátopek ( Škoda 109E ): multi-system locomotive, which is used in the Czech Republic ( ČD ) and Slovakia ( ZSSK ). From 2016, they were supposed to take over the RE connection Munich-Nuremberg Express ( DB Regio ) together with new double-decker cars, also from Škoda , but are still not in use (as of 2020). In the Czech Republic they are on the road as the ČD series 380 , in Germany they have the series designation 102 .

Electric multiple units

ČD series 471 (CityElefant)
  • CityElefant: The electric double-decker railcars of the type City Elefant are in use in the Czech Republic ( ČD series 471 ), Slovakia ( ZSSK series 671 ), Lithuania (series 575) and in the Ukraine ( UZ series EJ 675 ). In the Czech Republic, they are primarily used in suburban rail transport similar to that of the S-Bahn in Prague and Ostrava .
  • RegioPanter and InterPanter ( Škoda 7Ev ): Electric multiple units for regional traffic (RegioPanter) and interregional traffic (InterPanter), which are currently only used in the Czech Republic by ČD . The maximum speed of both series is 160 km / h. Both types are visually almost identical. From the end of 2018, 38 trains of the regional transport variant should also be used by the British operator National Express in the network of the Nuremberg S-Bahn before National Express withdrew from the operation.

Diesel railcars

Passenger cars

  • Push-pull train sets: double-deck coaches that will be used in Slovakia and, in the future, in Germany. They should primarily run together with the Emil Zátopek locomotives .

Subway trains

81-71M in Prague (Czech Republic)
  • 81-71M: Modernization of the original type Metrowagonmasch 81-717 / 714 , which are used on lines A and B of the Prague Metro .
  • 81-553: The 81-553 trains are used in the cities of Kiev and Kazan .
  • NěVa: Modern type of vehicle for the St. Petersburg Metro , which is produced in cooperation with the Petersburg company ZAO Wagonmasch .
  • Metro Tbilisi : Some trains of the series E and 81-717 / 714 from Metrowagonmasch have been fundamentally modernized by the Moscow company ZREPS . The front of the trains comes from Škoda , which is why they look very similar to the 81-71M series.

Trolleybuses

In history, the Škoda company has always been a very important manufacturer of trolley buses . One of the best-selling models was the Škoda 9Tr .

Another very popular model was the Škoda 14Tr and the 15Tr articulated trolley variant, some of which are still in use today.

Today's models:

Type 28 Tr in Pardubice (Czech Republic)
  • 24Tr / 25 Tr : The low-floor models 24Tr and 25Tr have an Irisbus body . The solo bus variant (24 Tr) is twelve meters long, the articulated bus variant (25 Tr) 18 meters. They are used in Pilsen , Brno and Bratislava , among others .
  • 26Tr / 27Tr / 28Tr: The low-floor models 26Tr, 27Tr and 28Tr have a body from Solaris Bus & Coach . These are available in three different lengths. The 26Tr is a solo bus variant with a length of twelve meters, the 28Tr a solo bus variant with a length of 15 meters and the 27Tr an articulated bus variant with a length of 18 meters. They are in use in Ostrava , Pilsen , Riga , Sofia and Varna , among others .
  • 30Tr / 31Tr: The completely low-floor models 30Tr and 31Tr have a body from SOR Libchavy . The solo bus variant (30Tr) is twelve meters long, the articulated bus variant (31Tr) 18 meters. They are used in Brno , Bratislava and Žilina , among others .

The electronic components of today's models come from the subsidiary Škoda Electric as

In addition, two electric buses of the Perun type and a hybrid bus are also offered.

subsidiary company

  • Škoda Electric as (Pilsen / Czech Republic)
  • Škoda Vagonka as (Ostrava / Czech Republic)
  • Transtech Oy (Oulu / Finland)
  • Škoda City Service sro (Pilsen / Czech Republic)
  • Škoda TVC sro (Pilsen / Czech Republic)
  • Pars Nova as (Šumperk / Czech Republic)
  • VÚKV as (Prague / Czech Republic)
  • POLL, sro (Prague / Czech Republic)
  • Lokel sro (Ostrava / Czech Republic)
  • Škoda Transportation Deutschland GmbH (Munich / Germany)
  • Ganz -Skoda Electric Ltd. (Budapest / Hungary)
  • TRADING RS Sp. Z oo (Warsaw / Poland)
  • OOO "Sibelektroprivod" (Novosibirsk / Russia)
  • OOO "Sibir-Elektro" (Moscow / Russia)

Web links

Commons : Škoda Transportation  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Company results Škoda Transportation 2014  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.skoda.cz  
  2. ↑ PPF Group completes the acquisition of Škoda Transportation and appoints a. Retrieved September 18, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on November 15, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.prag-straba.de
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on November 15, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.prag-straba.de
  5. ↑ taken from Wikipedia article Riga Tram
  6. ↑ Archive link ( memento from August 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) from June 14, 2016; accessed on September 11, 2016
  7. ↑ http://www.eurailpress.de/news/alle-nachrichten/single-view/news/tuerkei-skoda-liefert-batterie-strassenbahnen-nach-eskisehir.html from September 8, 2016, accessed on September 11, 2016
  8. ↑ http://www.skoda.cz/en/references/tramcar-forcity-plus-bratislava/?from=prod (English); accessed on May 4, 2017
  9. ↑ http://www.tramreport.de/2014/10/20/wuerzburg-probewagen-aus-helsinki/ from October 20, 2014; accessed on November 15, 2015
  10. ↑ http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/business/single-view/view/skoda-transportation-buys-majority-stake-in-transtech.html (English), from August 4, 2015; accessed on September 11, 2016
  11. ↑ http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban/single-view/view/transtech-unveils-helsinki-tram.html (English), from June 13, 2013; accessed on September 11, 2016
  12. ↑ Helsinki's overland tram turns orange. Yle website , September 28, 2016, accessed October 18, 2016 (Finnish).
  13. ↑ Škoda Transportation: Škoda Transportation Group celebrates success in Finland . October 4, 2016. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 18, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.skoda.cz
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  15. ↑ http://www.skoda.cz/de/produkte/strassenbahnen/ accessed on September 11, 2016
  16. ↑ http://m.novinky.cz/articleDetails?aId=365909&sId=&mId= (cz), from April 1, 2015, accessed on November 5, 2015
  17. ↑ http://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/byznys/svet/nova-cinska-tramvaj-ma-elektrickou-vyzbroj-ze-skody-plzen_351511.html (cz), from August 9, 2015, accessed on 5. November 2015
  18. ↑ http://www.skoda.cz/de/produkte/electric-lokomotiven/ accessed on November 13, 2015
  19. ↑ http://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/bahnkunden-in-der-region-mussen-auf-neue-zuge-warten-1.4776876 of November 11, 2015; accessed on November 15, 2015
  20. ↑ http://www.skoda.cz/de/produkte/electric- units / accessed on November 13, 2015
  21. ↑ http://www.skoda.cz/de/produkte/electric- units / accessed on November 13, 2015
  22. ↑ http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/commuter-rail/db-loses-nuremberg-s-bahn-to-national-express.html?channel=00 (English), from February 3, 2015; accessed on November 14, 2015
  23. ^ Nordbayern.de, Nürnberg, Germany: S-Bahn Nürnberg: NX gets out of the train surprisingly - Nürnberg - nordbayern.de. Retrieved April 3, 2017 .
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  25. ↑ http://www.skoda.cz/de/produkte/triebwagen-und-einrichtungen/regionova-trio/ accessed on November 14, 2015
  26. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from February 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on November 14, 2015
  27. ↑ http://www.skoda.cz/de/produkte/habenwagen/ accessed on November 13, 2015
  28. ↑ http://www.skoda.cz/de/produkte/u-bahn/u-bahn-81-71m/ accessed on November 13, 2015
  29. ↑ http://www.skoda.cz/de/produkte/u-bahn/u-bahn-81-553/ accessed on November 13, 2015
  30. ↑ http://www.skoda.cz/de/produkte/u-bahn/u-bahn-sankt-petersburg/ accessed on November 13, 2015
  31. ↑ Taken from the Czech Wikipedia article about the metro in Tbilisi ( cs: Metro v Tbilisi )
  32. ↑ http://www.skoda.cz/de/produkte/obusse/ accessed on November 14, 2015
  33. ↑ http://www.skoda.cz/de/produkte/elektro-und-hybrid-busse/ accessed on November 14, 2015
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