- My dream is an open, united European railway market in 2015 – said Siim Kallas, the vice president of the European Commission, at the opening of InnoTrans 2010 international trade fair in Berlin.

Despite the global downturn, this year’s InnoTrans fair is bigger than in the previous years. – The number of exhibitors went up from 1941 in 2008 to 2242 in 2010. It means 300 companies or 17% more – said Christian Goeke, the managing director of InnoTrans, at the opening of the fair.

The state-owned Slovenian Railways published its results after the first seven months of the year.

From the first of September 2010, the Czech rolling-stock manufacturer Lostr changed its name to Legios.

In the first eight and a half months of the year, the company Montecargo transported more than 820,000 tons of goods on the Montenegrin railway network.

Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) published its grain transportation results as of the 17th of September 2010.

On the 16th of September, a new Chief Executive Officer has been appointed in the Hungarian state-owned rail passenger operator MAV Start.

The investment program of Russian Railways RZD will be increased for the years 2011 – 2012 by around 10%.

- In the recent months we recorded improvement on the market and an increased need for the rail transport services. Between May and July this year we registered a 20% raise in rail freight volume – Hans Georg Werner, the president of DB Schenker Rail Polska, told Railway Market – CEE Review.

On the 16th of September, Vladimir Yakunin, the president of the Russian Railways RZD, checked on the progress of infrastructure construction for the 2014 Olympics during a working visit to Sochi.

Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) is considering options to improve the financial condition of its freight transportation unit.

At the end of this year, the Hungarian Rail Association HUNGRAIL will have a new president and CEO.

The European Commission on the 17th of September adopted a proposal to provide better rail services for passenger and freight users by: increasing competition on the railway market; strengthening the power of national regulators; and improving the framework for investment in rail.

The Polish Ministry of State Treasury announced an auction for sale of a sleepers treatment plant in the city of Pludry (Nasycalnia Podkladow Pludry).

At the press conference on the 16th of September, Boris Kolesnikov, the deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, strongly criticized the way Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) was looking for investors for Euro 2012.

The state-owned Hungarian Railways MAV will file a lawsuit against the rolling-stock manufacturer Bombardier Transportation.

The Kiev city officials are now considering taking a loan from the Japanese Investments Foundation. The money would be spent for construction of a metro line to Troyeschyna district.

The Russian rail freight operator Transgarant published its results for the first eight months of the year.

Astra Vagoane Calatori Arad, the main car supplier for the Romanian public railway operator CFR Calatori, won the tender for delivery of 50 passenger cars to a Czech operator.

The new railway station Krakow Glowny will be one of the elements of the modern transport junction linking the underground Krakow tram, parking for cars, bus station and the airport.