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Four years of waiting are over! AŽD begins work on securing key Croatian line

Although the Czech technology company AŽD concluded a contract with HŽ Infrastruktura (Croatian Railways) in 2022 for the supply of signalling for the Hrvatski Leskovac – Karlovac…

AŽD has concluded a contract in Poland for the modernization of the Sosnowiec Południowy railway station

AŽD again confirmed its quality and reliability when succeeded in the tender for the supply of modern electronic interlocking equipment and related technologies in the field of…

AŽD strengthens its position in Poland: two new contracts worth PLN 33.5 million

AŽD Praha confirms its role as a strategic European supplier in the field of modern railway technologies. Actually, it has signed two major contracts in Poland with a total value…

2025

AŽD's autonomous train has already run 3,000 kilometers with passengers

AŽD has successfully followed up on the spring premiere of the EDITA autonomous train, which is the first in Europe to be able to drive in open countryside. From April to early…

AŽD has successfully completed another contract on Wronki – Słonice line in Poland

AŽD has successfully completed the modernization of the signalling and telecommunication equipment on the railway line LK351 at the Wronki - Słonice section in Poland. The…

AŽD put into operation digital station interlocking in two Hungarian stations

AŽD commissioned the StationSWing ESA 44-HU digital interlocking in two Hungarian stations on the line Szeged - Röszke - HU/SRB border, where AŽD acts as a subcontractor of R-KORD…

AŽD put into operation first Bulgarian digital station interlocking system

AŽD has put into operation its first ever StationSWing ESA 44-BG digital interlocking system with LED signals in Bulgaria. It was installed at Zimnitsa station on the Plovdiv…

Technological revolution on the railway: AŽD is the first company in Europe to present an autonomous train with passengers in real operation

(Dětenice, April 4, 2025) AŽD, in cooperation with the Railway Administration, today demonstrated to the public its 100% technological readiness for the commencement of regular…

UNIFE Director General visited AŽD, key topics: ETCS and autonomous railways

AŽD welcomed a distinguished guest, Enno Wiebe, Director General of the European Railway Industry Association (UNIFE). During the meeting with AŽD's CEO Zdeněk Chrdle and other…

AŽD confirms its quality on the Polish railway market

AŽD continued its success in Poland and concluded a contract with the construction company PPMT for the design and delivery of signalling and communication equipment for the…

2024

AŽD strengthens its position in Poland with a new Contract for 572 million CZK

The company AŽD concluded a contract with the civil construction company PNUIK Kraków sp. z o.o. for the supply of signalling and telecommunication equipment on the railway line…

70 years since the establishment of AŽD - achievements in the domestic market, abroad and forced organizational changes

The AŽD company is celebrating 70 years since its establishment this year. The company has changed significantly during that time, but it still remains in the hands of Czech…

2023

AŽD has first Hungarian digital interlocking in operation

The Czech company AŽD successfully commissioned the first Hungarian digital station interlocking system ESA-44-HU in the Röszke railway station.

AŽD company has won the sixth contract in Poland

The company AŽD concluded a contract with the civil construction company ZUE S.A. for the supply of signalling and telecommunication equipment on the railway line Będzin –…

AŽD will deliver level crossing safeguarding systems to Lithuania

Following the success of the tender, a contract was signed between the Czech company AŽD and AB LTG Infra (Lithuanian Railways) for the supply of four level crossing safeguarding…

The Hungarian railway corridor will be secured by the modern technologies of the AŽD company

The AŽD company signed a contract with the Hungarian construction company V4SIL (part of the V-Híd holding) for the supply of modern signalling technologies and a unified European…

AŽD is an important player in the Balkans and has just completed signalling on the Serbian railway line Subotica - Horgoš

The Czech company AŽD has completed and handed over the Subotica – Horgoš (Hungarian border in Serbia) railway line secured with modern signalling systems to Infrastruktura…

AŽD completed the first application of the digital intelligent railway system

The Czech company AŽD completed the full digitization of the Plum Railway between Obrnice and Čížkovice during operation. This is the first application of an intelligent railway…

AŽD company will supply 800 point machines to Estonian Railways

The Czech company AŽD succeeded with its offer in the tender for the supply of 800 electromechanical pointe machines for the AS Eesti Raudtee (EVR; Estonian Railways). AŽD will…

2022

AŽD won the first contract in Hungary

Two large national companies, the Hungarian R-KORD (part of the V-Híd holding) and the Czech AŽD, signed a contract for the supply of signalling equipment and a unified European…

We invite you to visit our stand at the 13th International Transport Technology Fair InnoTrans in Berlin, which will be held from September 20-23, 2022. If you are interested in…

Czech company AŽD will provide signalling on Croatian railway line Hrvatski Leskovac – Karlovac

The Czech company AŽD succeeded with its offer in the tender for the supply of signalling and telecommunication technology for the railway line Hrvatski Leskovac - Karlovac and…

The Polish Poznań Główny - Wronki line is remotely controlled by AŽD technologies

AŽD has activated and technically handed over to the Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK the centralised traffic control of the signalling equipment on the Poznań Główny -…

2021

AŽD autonomous trains depart on Czech railways

AŽD presented the first public ride of an autonomous train on a digital railway on Švestková dráha (Plum Railway line). A railway vehicle without the driver's intervention reacted…

AŽD has won its fifth contract in Poland

AŽD has concluded a contract for the supply of signalling and telecommunication systems on the Glincz - Kartuzy railway line in Poland with the construction company Pomorskie…

AŽD won another significant contract in Bulgaria

AŽD has concluded a contract with the Greek construction company TERNA SA for the supply of signalling systems for the project "Modernization of the railway line Sofia - Dragoman …

AŽD signed a contract for delivery of control-command signalling systems for Serbian railway line Subotica – Horgoš

The Czech company AŽD succeeded in its tender for the supply of control-command signalling systems for the Subotica - Horgoš railway line (Hungarian border with Serbia). The main…

2020

AŽD has won its fourth contract in Poland

The Polish railway infrastructure manager PKP PLK has officially informed that AŽD has succeeded in the tender for the supply of line signalling equipment on the Terespol - Brest…

AŽD signed contract for major project in Bulgaria

AŽD has succeeded in negotiations with the Bulgarian company VDH JCS and will supply the electronic part of the ESA-44 interlocking system to the Zimnitsa railway station on the…

AŽD has activated another station interlocking systems in Poland

Activation of the ESA 44-PL station interlocking in Rokietnica and Szamotuły railway stations, including the inter-station section equipped with an integrated line signalling of…

The world premiere of automatically operated freight train ride under control of an ATO over ETCS system

Since half of October 2020 real test rides of a freight train under control of an ATO (Automatic Train Operation) system along with ATP (Automatic Train Protection) ERTMS/ETCS …

Vehicles equipped with ETCS on-board tested on the Plum Line

On the Plum Line (Čížkovice - Obrnice), the testing of the on-board part of the unified European Train Control System ETCS on a new special measuring vehicle Plasser & Theurer…

AŽD activated station interlocking equipment in Poland

The activation of station interlocking system ESA 44-PL for the Kiekrz railway station and the Poznaň Wola railway stop, including open line section equipped with integrated line…

The Plum Line tests maintenance-free operation

On the so-called Plum Line (Čížkovice - Obrnice), its owner AZD Praha prepares the transition to maintenance-free operation. It will be the first railway line in our country which…

AŽD has signed third contract in Poland

The Polish railway infrastructure administration PKP PLK signed a contract with AŽD for the modernization of signaling and telecommunication equipment on the Wronki - Słonice line…

AŽD Praha successfully continues in Lithuania

Following the success in the tender, a contract was signed between the Czech company AŽD and Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) to extend the technology and software of…

Another contract for AŽD in Bosnia and Herzegovina

AŽD Praha successfully tendered and concluded a contract for the modernization of signaling equipment at Miljacka railway station and Stup freight station in Bosnia and…

2019

Czech measuring car ETCS on German line

Abilities and possibilities of the measuring car ETCS AŽD Praha (99 54 9165 001-7) are demonstrated from 19th to 20th September 2019 on the Living Lab testing railway line:…

AŽD Praha will supply diagnostics for Israeli railways

Following the success in the tender, a framework agreement was signed between the Czech company AŽD Praha and Israel Railways Ltd. for supplying non-invasive diagnostics of switch…

AŽD Praha successfully modernized main railway junction in Montenegro

AŽD Praha has successfully installed and commissioned state-of-the-art signaling equipment at the Podgorica railway station, the main transport junction in Montenegro.…

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