The reason was to verify compatibility with small arc radii due to possible future deployment on this railway.

InterPanter units have fewer doors, more luggage and bicycle space and a vending machine with snacks.

[11] Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko ordered in August 2021 from Škoda Transportation another nine trains for Košice region.

[12]Škoda Transportation won the tender of the Latvian passenger rail company Vivi (formerly branded as Pasažieru vilciens) to supply 32 electric multiple units for suburban lines starting in Riga.

[13][14] Units of the 16Ev model with 436 seats (4 cars), the 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge, wide carbody, dual system equipment (3 kV DC and 25 kV AC) and top speed up to 160 km/h (99 mph) were expected be delivered in 2022–23, however delays caused the deadline to shift to 2023–2024.

[21] In 2024, Škoda won a contract for 511.4 million lev from the Bulgarian transport ministry to supply 20 electric units, as well as staff training, and 15 years of maintenance.

[23][24] These units are to be operated on train lines U1, U2, U3, U32, U51 and U54 in the Ústí nad Labem Region by December 2026.

[25][26] In 2015 National Express Germany won a 12-year contract to operate Nuremberg S-Bahn services from December 2018.