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Current AffairsThe battle for the underground: Skoda to compete with Siemens for metro business
Just about every tram and trolleybus now operating in the Czech Republic
was built by a company now owned by the transport engineering company
Skoda Holding. But while the Plzen-based company is the undisputed master
of the above ground rails, having bought out or partnered with the
country's leading bus and railroad manufacturing companies, it has been
less successful on its home turf underground, which has been the domain of
the German engineering group Siemens.
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Current AffairsA trip to the Siemens factory
Talk is afoot of the Prague Metro system expanding. Siemens is currently
supplying Prague metro with its latest installment of trains. With Skoda
Holdings also interested in making trains for the Prague metro, Siemens is
going to have to battle for the next commission. Metro passengers praise
the quality of the new trains, but complain that their interiors are ill
designed and uncomfortable. Rosie Johnston went to see how they were made.
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Current AffairsPrague metro celebrates 30th birthday
Since its first line began running three decades ago, Prague's metro system
has expanded with the city. It now has three lines in an underground
railway network covering around 50 km, and it has firmly established
itself as the transport backbone of the Czech capital. Anyone living in
Prague will have used the metro at some stage to get around, and it's
virtually impossible to imagine how the city could function without it.
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In this week's Mailbox: the movement of people/labour after the Czech
Republic's accession to the EU, public transport and the Prague Transit
Authority. We answer questions from Merryl Jones, Frederick Hunt.
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