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photo: Trako/Trako 2021 International Fair starts tomorrow in Poland
Tomorrow, the long-awaited 14th TRAKO International Fair will begin in Gdansk. This event will certainly be the biggest meeting of the railway industry in 2021, announced by the European Commission as the European Year of Railways.
More than 500 exhibitors from 20 countries have signed up for this year's fair, which is held at the Amberexpo Exhibition and Convention Centre. In addition to Polish companies, companies from the railway segment from Germany, the Czech Republic, Great Britain, Austria and Switzerland will be the most represented at the fair. Amberexpo will not miss the stands of organisations bringing together railway companies, railway media, and representatives of the government
The 14th TRAKO fair will be unusual mainly due to the complicated preparation of trade fairs. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it was not certain for a long time whether the fair would take place at all. Despite the closure of the fair and the exhibition segment, the organizers tried to keep to the schedule of preparations to avoid potential complications due to the limited deadline. Thanks to the excellent work of the organizers, the fair will take place according to the set plan.
This year's Gdansk fair is also the first direct meeting of such a large number of railway company representatives in a long time, so we can expect a lot of news from railway manufacturers and some vehicles will even have their premiere in Gdansk
The most important news and premieres at the fair:
On the first day of the TRAKO trade fair, the Connecting Europe Express special train, which set off from Lisbon at the beginning of September on the occasion of the European Year of Railways 2021, set off across Europe. Alstom will introduce the world's first hydrogen-powered passenger train - the Coradia iLint. Pesa Bydgoszcz will premiere the hydrogen-powered locomotive and introduce the EZT Elf dual-system unit for the Czech carrier RegioJet.
Czech manufacturer Škoda Transportation introduces double deck PUSH-PULL 13EV
Stadler delivers EZT double deck unit type KISS to the market
DB Cargo Polska will launch the modular car "m2". This is a new type of freight wagon, the design of which allows the freight wagon to be adapted to different types of cargo in a simple and economical way
PKP IC will show the Griffin E4DCU electric locomotive and make the 175A-10 passenger car and the car designed for the army, restaurant car 406A-40, and passenger car "Combo 111A-30 available to the public. TRAKO fair is organized by Międzynarodowe Targi Gdańskie SA and PKP Group. The partners of the fair are companies: ALSTOM, Knorr-Bremse, Medcom, PESA Bydgoszcz SA and TRACK TEC.