Press releases Archive

Press Releases 2024

11. 12. 2024 New timetable from Sunday: More connections to Poland and the Czech Republic, faster to Slovakia, still from €4.1 and with 10% lower prices for refreshments
18. 11. 2024 €16 million investment in dualisation, millions more in seats and WiFi: Leo Express improves comfort, can run on all electrified lines
14. 10. 2024 Nearly 100% coverage, up to 1.3TB of data consumed: Leo Express launches 5G WiFi on trains and prepares refreshment ordering system
23. 8. 2024 In this year's heat, Leo Express had to compensate only 2 tickets out of 464,000, air conditioning reliability is 99.999%. In the event of a malfunction, 100% of the ticket price is refunded.
22. 8. 2024 Number of passengers carried by Leo Express grows. Over 1.83 million passengers in the first half of the year alone, 130% more than last year
1. 8. 2024 Free coffee and tea on the train. Leo Express has started testing the coffee corner on the Bratislava–Komárno line
16. 7. 2024 Inmaculada Gutiérrez Carrizo is the New Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Leo Express Global a.s. 
20. 6. 2024 Leo Express compensated only 5 tickets last year, air conditioning reliability was 99.998%. This year, the company will once again guarantee 100% air conditioning on all trains, while increasing hygiene and safety measures.
13. 6. 2024 New vegan and gluten-free dishes or fresh fruit, sales growth and ice cream as a hit. Leo Express launches summer menu 
1. 6. 2024 Leo Express Children's Day marked by safety and support for children from disadvantaged families 
30. 5. 2024 Leo Express has achieved revenues of CZK 603 mil / EUR 24,4 mil for 2023 and expects over CZK 1 bln / EUR 40 mil for year 2024, doubling its performance 
9. 5. 2024 The Traffication app warns of approaching trains. The trial phase is being conducted in cooperation with the railway carrier Leo Express in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
12. 4. 2024 Starting in June, Leo Express will renew another bus line to Ukraine from Ostrava via Krakow to Lviv. It is a follow-up to the Prague-Ostrava trains
14. 3. 2024 New spring menu at Leo Express: Czech, Asian and Balkan flavors and ice cream without price increase 
30. 1. 2024 Leo Express offers free ski transport until the end of March in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, also to Dolní Morava or the Tatras

Press Releases 2023

8. 11. 2023 Leo Express presented services and trains for the Bratislava-Komárno line to the public, revealed their interior for the first time 
6. 11. 2023 Leo Express commences ticket sales for the Bratislava–Komárno service and introduces a special 1 eur per day annual DanubePass. Quality massively improved with introduction of modern rolling stock 
25. 9. 2023 Leo Express launches new on-board menu after three months and reports 5% growth in refreshment sales without price increase 
18. 9. 2023 New timetable: shorter travel times to Ostrava and Poland and new evening connections in the Czech Republic. Passenger numbers increased by 20%
1. 8. 2023 Interest in eco-travel is growing. Leo Express will transport bicycles free of charge until the end of October
21. 6. 2023 The air conditioning in the train doesn't work? Leo Express is the only Czech company that will refund 100% of the fare in case the air conditioning doesn't work until the end of August
13. 6. 2023 Leo Express launched the fastest connection to Dolní Morava operating minibuses up to the cable car to Sky Bridge 721
2. 6. 2023 Children's Day with Leo Express trains focused on fun and ecology, attracted hundreds of visitors
31. 5. 2023 Czech classics, quality sushi and great ice cream, Leo Express has a new on-board menu after three months
18. 5. 2023 Leo Express increases frequency of connections between Prague and Krakow, more trains and buses to be added
16. 5. 2023 Leo Express consolidated revenues for 2022 exceeded 22 million EUR, EBITDAR exceeded 4 million EUR 
8. 2. 2023 Further accessibility improvement. Leo Express is the first train operator to eliminate the need to announce boarding and alighting with an orthopedic wheelchair

Press releases 2022

24. 10. 2022 Leo Express celebrates 10 years and has gifts for passengers
11. 7. 2022 Leo Express adds a second daily service from Prague to Ukraine. With more people now returning than leaving the country

Press releases 2021

25. 6. 2021 Leo Express returns to Poland, passengers can get a 25% discount

Press releases 2020

28. 1. 2020 Leo Express carried 2.4 million passengers in 2019, turnover exceeded €40m, profit increased

Press releases 2019

6. 12. 2019 Expansion in Poland: Leo Express started offering tickets from Prague to Wroclaw, received a permit to go between Cracow and the Ukrainian border and has requested a permit for a line to Warsaw

10. 9. 2019 The new Leo Express train Sirius will arrive in Europe tomorrow

15. 8. 2019 The sales of Leo Express for first half of the year are close to half a billion CZK. In the Czech Republic the company reached a profit in 2018

1. 7. 2019 Customers will name the new Leo Express trains, every member of Smile Club can take part

3. 6. 2019 Leo Express has revealed a part of interior of their new trains, which will arrive to the Czech Republic in the second half of this year

30. 5. 2019 Leo Express grows in Poland: it will launch daily train connection from Prague to Krakow, it sets up new follow-up buses to Lviv and it adds new stops for minibus lines

30. 1. 2019 Leo Express transported 1,8 million passengers in 2018. Turnover of group has increased to 800 million CZK

Press releases 2018

9. 11. 2018 Leo Express launched ticket saleson Prague - Krakow trains route again: daily operations from mid-next year 

4.10.2018 Leo Express buses have ridden around the planet Earth 30 times in half a year.

23. 8. 2018 First year in Germany: Leo Express is the second largest private passenger rail carrier on the German long distance transport market

1. 8. 2018 Leo Express has secured 15 modern diesel units for operations in the Czech Republic

20. 7. 2018 The first Leo Express train has departed to Polish Krakow