Leo Express has been awarded the tender to operate a new international service between Prague and Munich, which is set to launch in December 2026.
The EX36 contract, which was tendered by the Czech Ministry of Transport, will see Leo Express provide services along the international corridor until 2031.
Leo Express has been awarded the contract for a new international service between Prague and Munich
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Once operational, the service will offer eight daily connections on the Prague-Pilsen-Munich route, covering 439 kilometres with a twice-hourly frequency.
Leo Express was awarded the contract following an offer price of 427 million CZK – the lowest offered.
The tendered contract overs the Czech section of the new route, with the connection, which continues on to Munich after crossing the border, set to be operated in collaboration with a German transport company contracted by the state of Bavaria.
Marking Leo Express’s second foray into the German market; the company, a European partner of Renfe, will launch a new commercial connection in June, linking Premyśl (a Polish city near the Ukrainian border), Kraków and Prague with several German cities (Dresen, Leipzig, Erfurt) and Frankfurt Airport.