LEO Express

LEO Express a.s.

Headquarters	Prague, Czech Republic
Key people	Leoš Novotný Group CEO (majority shareholder), Peter Köhler CEO, CEE (minority shareholder)
Services	Open-access operator
Revenue	CZK 129 mio. (First half of 2015)
Net income	CZK -38 mio. (First half of 2015)
Total assets	CZK 992 mio. (First half of 2015)
Total equity	CZK -196 mio. (First half of 2015)
Owner	Leoš Novotný (97 %)
Number of employees	160 (2014)
Parent	LEO Express N.V. (95 %)
Website	www.le.cz

LEO Express, formerly Rapid Express, is an open-access train operator set up in 2010. It launched inter-city services in November 2012 on the Prague–Ostrava route (in the Czech Republic), on which Czech Railways (state owned train operator) and RegioJet (open-access train operator) were already running trains. In 2013 LEO Express became the first private railway operator introducing direct connection between Prague and South Moravian Region (Staré Město u Uherského Hradiště).

The company is currently connecting over 30 cities in Czech Republic (Pardubice, Olomouc, Přerov, Ostrava), Slovakia (Poprad - Tatry, Košice), Poland (Katowice, Kraków) and Ukraine (Mukacheve, Uzhorod) within its network. The LEO Express network also includes buses to Poland, Southern Bohemia and Ukraine connecting train timetables in the key train stations.

A trial passenger service was launched on 13 November 2012, ahead of the full service planned for 9 December 2012. The full service was delayed until 18 January 2013 due to technical problems with the trainsets. The company runs 18 trains daily between Prague and Bohumín, calling at Pardubice, Olomouc, Hranice na Moravě, Přerov, Suchdol nad Odrou, Studénka and Ostrava. Several lines are prolonged to Karviná, Třinec, Český Těšín and further across Žilina and other cities to Poprad - Tatry and Košice (Slovakia).