government owned 100 % industry railway company founded prague 2003 headquarters prague czech republic key people pavel krtek revenue 33 billion czk 2013 1 net income 2 billion czk 2013 1 total assets 86 billion czk 2013 1 total equity 38 billion czk 2013 1 number of employees 24 163 2014 2 subsidiaries d cargo website ceskedrahy.cz esk dr hy often shortened to d english czech railways is the main railway operator in the czech republic providing regional and long distance services . contents 1 overview 2 statistics 2.1 2015 2.2 2009 3 history 4 freight services 5 rolling stock 6 see also 7 references 8 external links overview edit the company was established in 1993 after the dissolution of czechoslovakia as a successor of the czechoslovak state railways . it is a member of the international railway union uic country code for the czech republic is 54 community of european railways and the organization for railway cooperation asia and europe . with twenty four thousand employees 2 d group is the fifth largest czech company by the number of employees . 3 until 1 july 2008 esk dr hy was the biggest employer in the czech republic . 4 after experiencing regular losses and requiring government subsidies . 5 the railway reported its first ever profit in 2007 6 while still receiving government compensations . 7 attempts to make it more efficient are currently ongoing and a recent plan to move passenger transport to an independent subsidiary was approved by the czech government in january 2008 . 8 d operates trains ; fixed infrastructure such as tracks is managed by s dc . in december 2010 the czech government proposed bringing s dc and d together in a single holding company . the government has also changed the subsidies available to d and s dc . 7 statistics edit d class 680 pendolino long distance train d railjet long distance train d class 471 regional train d class 844 regional train 2015 edit in 2015 its consolidated revenues reached czk 33 billion . 9 revenues from passenger transport amounted to czk 21 billion 64 % transfer payments from the government 24 % intrastate transport 12 % international transport revenues from freight transport operated by subsidiary d cargo amounted to czk 11 billion . 9 2009 edit 9 412 km of railway lines operated by d of which 3 210 km is electrified track and 1 906 km is double and multiple track 10 168.8 million passengers carried 10 6 907 million passenger kilometres 10 76.723 million tonnes of goods carried 10 13 592 million tonne kilometres 10 history edit esk dr hy is the result of more than 160 years of railway history in the czech lands . historic milestones include 1828 first horse drawn railway in continental europe esk bud jovice linz 1839 first steam hauled railway vienna b eclav 1903 first standard gauge electrified railway track 1918 foundation of eskoslovensk st tn dr hy sd or csd english czechoslovak state railways 1991 first eurocity ec trains run on sd railways 1993 foundation of esk dr hy d or cd after breakup of czechoslovakia 1993 started renovation of pan european railway corridors 1994 started truck transportation rola on d railways from lovosice to dresden stopped in 2004 2003 founding of esk dr hy czech railways joint stock company 11 2005 pendolino tilting trains enter regular service 2006 the liabilities of d group increased from czk 19 billion at the end of 2006 to czk 53 billion at the end of 2015 . 9 12 2007 freight transport moved into subsidiary company d cargo 2008 creation of d sky an alliance between esk dr hy and the airline skyeurope . 13 skyeurope which was heavily indebted went bust in august 2009 . 2014 first d railjet with passengers runs in the czech republic freight services edit d cargo the cargo subsidiary mainly transports raw materials intermediate goods and containers . as of 2009 it is ranked in the top five largest railway cargo operators in europe . 14 rolling stock edit 2 726 tractive vehicles of which 856 are electric locomotives and train sets 10 27 416 freight cars 10 3 605 passenger cars 10 see also edit rail transport in the czech republic transportation in the czech republic list of d classes references edit a b c d annual report of esk dr hy a.s. for the year 2013 auditor deloitte audit s.r.o. available at http www.ceskedrahy.cz for investors financial reports annual reports 11021 a b annual report of esk dr hy a.s. for the year 2014 auditor deloitte audit s.r.o. d group esk dr hy a.s. with its consolidated subsidiaries phdr . zbyn k zlinsk . s dc provozovatelem dr hy . retrieved 2008 07 01 . annual report of esk dr hy group for the year 2005 p. 10 pdf . czech railways posts first profit ever . prague daily monitor . 2008 01 14 . archived from the original on 2008 01 18 . retrieved 2008 01 25 . a b railway gazette reform looks to cut costs . retrieved 2010 12 27 . handl erich . government approves splitting off passenger transport from czech railways . czech business weekly . archived from the original on 2008 01 19 . retrieved 2008 01 25 . a b c annual report of esk dr hy a.s. for the year 2013 auditor deloitte audit s.r.o. a b c d e f g h esk dr hy group statistical yearbook 2010 available at http www.ceskedrahy.cz pro investory financni zpravy statisticka rocenka 11024 esk dr hy a.s. about us . archived from the original on 2007 12 13 . retrieved 2008 01 25 . annual report of esk dr hy for 2006 assets czk 54 4 billion ownership equity czk 35 7 billion czech railways to sell skyeurope tickets at stations . prague daily monitor . 2008 01 24 . archived from the original on 2008 01 29 . retrieved 2008 01 25 . d cargo profile on their website . external links edit media related to d at wikimedia commons passenger services d cargo division actual train position v t e railway operators of the czech republic passenger arriva vlaky esk dr hy jhmd leo express regiojet freight d cargo metrans rail v t e national railway companies of europe list of railway companies rail transport by country railway companies by country albania hsh armenia skzd1 austria bb azerbaijan ady belarus b d b belgium sncb nmbs bosnia fbh2 and rs3 bulgaria bd croatia h czech republic d denmark dsb estonia evr finland vr france sncf georgia sr1 germany db greece trainose hungary m v ireland i italy fs kazakhstan kt 1 kosovo hk k 4 latvia ldz lithuania lg luxembourg cfl macedonia m moldova cfm montenegro pcg netherlands ns norway nsb poland pkp portugal cp romania cfr russia r d1 serbia s slovakia ssk slovenia s spain renfe operadora sweden sjab switzerland sbb cff ffs turkey tcdd1 ukraine uz united kingdom nr5 nir6 1country partly in asia 2for the federation bh 3for srpska 4state with limited recognition 5for great britain 6for northern ireland retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title esk dr hy & oldid 739985472 categories railway companies of the czech republiccompanies based in praguecompanies established in 2003czech brandshidden categories commons category with local link same as on 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