[10] Via this partnership, Leo Express has implemented its concept of door-to-door public transportation, Uber drivers can be scheduled to pick up passengers from their homes and delivered to the nearest station, and vice versa.
[14] In October 2017, Leo Express was granted open-access rights for a service between Kraków and Prague; the approval made the company the first private operator of long-distance trains in Poland.
[16] In April 2020, Leo Express was compelled to reduce or cancel many of its services, and public concerns over the future of the overall business were aired, as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic.
[3] These have been claimed by the company to provide the fastest acceleration of any train operating in the Czech Republic, achieved via its modern and lightweight design and relatively powerful engines; these are also capable of attaining the maximum national speed of 160km/h.
[23][better source needed] Various amenities are present on these trains, including full air conditioning, Wi-Fi coverage, information and entertainment systems, onboard catering, ecologically closed toilets, wheelchair-accessible facilities, and daily newspapers and magazines.
[25] On 27 September 2016, Leo Express signed an order for CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive to supply three electric multiple unit trains in mid-2018; the arrangement includes a framework agreement for up to 30 more which would be delivered between 2019 and 2021.
[26] However, in April 2022, reports emerged that Leo Express had cancelled its contract with CRRC, after undergoing two years of testing but failing to achieve certification based on European TSI regulations to allow operation.
[5] In June 2015, the operator introduced a new network branded LEO Express Easy, which runs connections between Prague, Tábor, České Budějovice and Český Krumlov as well as between Košice, Michalovce, Uzhhorod and Mukachevo.