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After making an autonomous (in this case driverless) train prototype from an old 810 class railbus, AŽDs newest creation is a battery operated KT8D5.R2 intended to test out a train-tram concept.

The choice of the KT8 was made because it has doors on both sides, and the vehicle can be seen around Kopidlno. It should also provide a significant cost advantage - the price of such a unit is around 12 million CZK (500K €) compared to a new train that would cost about 20 times as much.

Photo by AŽD