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AŽD strengthens its position in Poland with a new Contract for 572 million CZK
30. 07. 2024
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
14. 03. 2024
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
08. 12. 2023
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
30. 11. 2023
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
03. 11. 2023
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
23. 05. 2023
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
05. 04. 2023
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
14. 02. 2023
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
11. 01. 2023
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
05. 10. 2022
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…
InnoTrans 2022
13. 09. 2022
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
11. 08. 2022
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
13. 06. 2022
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
16. 12. 2021
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
22. 11. 2021
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
15. 11. 2021
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
29. 07. 2021
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
17. 12. 2020
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
10. 12. 2020
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
07. 12. 2020
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
26. 11. 2020
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
14. 10. 2020
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
14. 08. 2020
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
20. 02. 2020
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
03. 02. 2020
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
08. 01. 2020
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
08. 01. 2020
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
23. 09. 2019
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
18. 04. 2019
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
17. 01. 2019
AŽD Praha has successfully installed and commissioned state-of-the-art signaling equipment at the Podgorica railway station, the main transport junction in Montenegro.…