Czech Railways (ČD) has announced a tender to equip one-floor
electric units in the 640, 650, 650 AVV, 660 and 661 lines with an
ETCS mobile part for a total of 51 units of rolling stock. A required
condition is a guarantee that the future transition to Version 3.6.0
from the current version 3.4.0 of Baseline 3 will be done only via
software (without having to replace the hardware) or that it will be
compliant to Version 3.6.0 according to ERA’s technical
specification from the very beginning. The estimated value of the
contract is CZK 935m. (Source: CIA News)