Despite subsidies Czech Railways still using trains that are over 30 years old, say auditors

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:28:56 +0200Despite subsidies Czech Railways still using trains that are over 30 years old, say auditorshttps://english.radio.cz/despite-subsidies-czech-railways-still-using-trains-are-over-30-years-old-say-8147267© 2026 Radio Prague International According to a study published by the Czech Republic’s Supreme Audit Office (NKÚ) on Monday, more than a third of the trains currently in the service of Czech Railways (ČD) have been in use for over 30 years, making them unsuitable to the needs and expectations of customers. The state’s main public transport provider has defended itself by saying that it has only had a chance to start updating its equipment since 2008. However, the NKÚ believes that modernisation is going at too slow a pace. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/vlak_lokomotiva.jpg?timestamp=1591179682 Despite subsidies Czech Railways still using trains that are over 30 years old, say auditors https://english.radio.cz/despite-subsidies-czech-railways-still-using-trains-are-over-30-years-old-say-8147267 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9