Strabag Rail and Eurovia win €982m contracts for Czech rail upgrades

Render of new rail and infrastructure in the Czech Republic. The work is part of a regional programme to upgrade high-speed rail capabilities. (Image courtesy Strabag)

Strabag Rail is a subsidiary of Austria-based construction firm Strabag, and Eurovia is a Czech Republic-based infrastructure construction subsidiary of Vinci, a France-based concessions and construction company.

The work, co-financed by the European Union, forms part of the country and region’s long-term push to upgrade its rail infrastructure to support high-speed operations, reduce travel times and increase transcontinental rail access.

The first project involves upgrading a nearly 10km section of the Brno–Přerov corridor between Nezamyslice and Kojetín, adding a second track and enabling high-speed operations. Strabag Rail is listed as the lead contractor.

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Key elements include installation of a new 744m twin-track tunnel near Němčice, a newly built junction at Hruška to improve operational flexibility, and modernisation of two stations – Měrovice nad Hanou and Němčice nad Hanou – the latter relocated and expanded. The project also includes new reinforced concrete and composite bridges, 2.3km of noise barriers, and installation of new train control systems.

Construction began in May 2025 and is expected to finish in January 2029.

The second contract covers the complete overhaul of the high-traffic Česká Třebová rail junction, one of the ‘largest’ and ‘most complex’ rail infrastructure upgrades in the country to date. The project includes renewal of 72km of track, replacement of all overhead lines and upgrades to 30 bridge structures. All passenger platforms will be made barrier-free and fitted with new canopies, and a new steel pedestrian bridge will replace the existing underpass to connect both sides of the city. Eurovia is the lead contractor.

Preparatory works are set for 2025, with main construction to begin in 2028. Completion is expected by early 2032.

Alfred Watzl, a member of Strabag’s management board, said, “Both play a strategic role in creating a modern, sustainable Czech railway infrastructure and in linking it to the trans-European transport network.”

Strabag said its combined share of the two contracts amounts to approximately €354 million (US$414 million). Eurovia is said to hold a 34% share of the Česká Třebová contract, but the firm’s share value for Brno–Přerov was not available.

(Images courtesy Strabag)