Škoda Transtech Oy is

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's major domestic manufacturer of low-floor tram and railway rolling stock. It specializes in building tram and railway vehicles for extreme climatic conditions, such as those encountered in Finland.

History

The company was established in 1985 when the Finnish engineering firm Rautaruukki started manufacturing freight wagons in

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and Taivalkoski. In 1991 the railway

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works of

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(in

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), which specialized in the manufacture of

carriages A carriage is a private four-wheeled vehicle for people and is most commonly horse-drawn. Second-hand private carriages were common public transport, the equivalent of modern cars used as taxis. Carriage suspensions are by leather strapping an ...

and

locomotive A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the Power (physics), motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather referred to as a multiple unit, Motor coach (rail), motor ...

s, was merged with Transtech. In 1998 Rautaruukki sold the Taivalkoski factory to Telatek Oy, retaining the Otanmäki plant. In June 1999 Rautaruukki sold Transtech to Patentes Talgo SA of

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, but was subsequently sold to the Finnish group Pritech Oy in March 2007. During the period of Spanish ownership, the company was known as ''Talgo Oy'', but has reverted to its previous name. In August 2015

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bought a 75% stake in the company, purchasing the remaining 25% in May 2018 and rebranding it Škoda Transtech in October 2018.

Rolling stock

The company has manufactured double-deck carriages ( sleeper cars,

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and vehicle transport carriages) which are used by VR (Finnish Railways). It also provides Helsinki's new

articulated An articulated vehicle is a vehicle which has a permanent or semi-permanent pivot joint in its construction, allowing it to turn more sharply. There are many kinds, from heavy equipment to buses, trams and trains. Steam locomotives were someti ...

trams A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...

of the type ForCity Smart Artic for the

Helsinki City Transport Helsinki City Transport or HKL (Finnish: ''Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitos'', Swedish: ''Helsingfors stads trafikverk'', abbreviated to ''HST'') is the official city-owned public transport company in Helsinki, Finland. It operates the Helsinki ...

(HKL). In October 2016 Transtech was selected to provide 19 trams for the new

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system. Škoda Transtech will also participate in supplying modern trams for German transport company Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr (rnv) together with

. In October 2018 Škoda Transtech sold two pre-series Artic trams to German operator Schöneicher-Rüdersdorfer Strassenbahn GmbH (SRS) in Schöneiche bei Berlin. The Helsinki Artic vehicle #402, now operating in Schöneiche as #52 is the first Škoda Transportation vehicle to receive German homologation. The sale was established in cooperation with Helsinki City Transport and the support of Voith Digital Solutions Austria GmbH & Co KG following a two-month trial period from August to October 2018. In September 2019 Škoda Transtech announced that they had been selected to provide suburban trains for the Latvian passenger railway company PV for a value worth approximately 250 million EUR, with fulfillment of the order starting in 2021 and lasting until 2024.

Location

The company's office is located in

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and its main manufacturing base is in

Kajaani Kajaani (; sv, Kajana) is the most populous town and the capital of the Kainuu Region of Finland. It is located southeast of Lake Oulu (Oulujärvi), which drains into the Gulf of Bothnia through the Oulu River (Oulujoki). As of , it had a pop ...

. The company’s sales office as well as maintenance services are located in Helsinki.

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Companies based in Oulu Locomotive manufacturers of Finland Rolling stock manufacturers of Finland

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Finnish companies established in 1985 Manufacturing companies established in 1985

History

Rolling stock

Location

See also

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