Czech autonomous train EDITA resumes passenger trials
- Location
- Kopidlno – Dolní Bousov, eastern Central Bohemia (Jičín/Mladá Boleslav districts) · 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- Project
- Kopidlno–Dolní Bousov: Passenger Service Resumption with Autonomous Train (EDITA)
- Investment
- approx. CZK 320 million (approx. EUR 13 million), around one third EU-funded
- Status
- Reactivated / in operation (passenger trial service)
On the 23.991 km Kopidlno–Dolní Bousov line (eastern Central Bohemia), abandoned since 2010 (formerly used for sugar-beet transport), Czech rail technology firm AŽD resumed passenger service on 4/5 April 2025 with the autonomous EDITA railcar (a converted class 810 diesel unit) — described by AŽD as Europe's first autonomous passenger train on an open line. Staff must still be aboard for legal reasons; the roughly CZK 320 million investment was about one third EU-funded. In 2025 the train runs on selected weekends/holidays, with commercial regular operation planned from 2029.
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