CZECH REPUBLIC: National operator ČD has announced ComfortJet as the brand name for its future Viaggio Comfort trainsets.
The 20 nine-car 230 km/h push-pull trainsets are being built by a consortium of Siemens and Škoda Transportation under a KC12·5bn contract signed in April 2021, and are scheduled to enter service in 2024.
They are designed for domestic long-distance and international routes from Praha to destinations including Berlin, Hamburg, Budapest, Wien, Graz and Villach.
ComfortJet is the latest brand in the ČD portfolio, following on from the InterJet brand for the five-car 200 km/h loco-hauled push-pull sets which entered service on routes Ex6 Praha – Plzeň – Cheb and R15 Praha – Ústí nad Labem – Cheb. in December 2021, and the RailJet sets operated on the Praha – Brno – Wien – Graz route in collaboration with Austrian Federal Railways since 2014.
