On the 10th of June 2010, the Swiss InterRail Holding AG company, a subsidiary of the TransInvest Group, acquired Trans Siberian Express Service Ltd. (TSES).

Board of directors of Russian Railways (RZD) approved establishment of the Kaliningrad Commuter Rail Company.

A freight train of the Austrian Federal Railways (OBB) derailed early in the morning on the 16th of June in the country’s Bludenz district.

The Polish rail operator PKP LHS continues investments in the rolling-stock. The company purchased new modernized shunting locomotive SM48-15D from Newag S.A.

On the 16th of June, Rudiger Grube, the head of Deutsche Bahn (DB), presented the company’s investment plans for the years 2010 – 2014 to the transport committee of the German Bundestag.

On the 14th of June, Vladimir Yakunin, the president of Russian Railways (RZD), visited Kiev, where he met with the Ukrainian prime minister Mykola Azarov, transport minister Kostiantyn Yefymenko and the head of Ukrzaliznytsia Mykhailo Kostyuk.

The Polish private rail freight operator CTL Logistics recorded a significant increase in the volume of carried cargo in May 2010.

Talks between Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the German rolling-stock manufacturer Siemens, regarding the order for 300 trains worth around EUR 6 billion, came to a standstill.

Already in July this year, the biggest infrastructure investment of Katowice, reconstruction of the city’s main railway station, will be launched.

DB Schenker combines road and rail with a new logistics center in Czech Brno.

German Railways Deutsche Bahn (DB) introduced a possibility of purchasing tickets, which are later sent to the mobile phones as MMS messages.

Slovenian state-owned railway company announced its results for the first four months of the year.

Czech Raildays, the biggest railway exhibition in the Czech Republic, started on the 15th of June in Ostrava.

The Hungarian government plans to reopen passenger railway lines, which were closed last year.

China CNR Corporation, one of the biggest Chinese rolling-stock manufacturers, and PKP Cargo, the Polish state-owned rail freight carrier, will soon create a joint venture.

The Romanian rolling-stock manufacturer Astra Vagoane Calatori demands the state-owned passenger operator CFR Calatori to pay its debts.

The state-owned Serbian Railways announced new discounts for trains running between Serbia and Montenegro.

The government of Republic of Srpska announced, that it will provide state subsidies for the railways.

On the 14th of June, Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) launched preliminary sale of tickets for trains running to the cities of Varna and Burgas on the Black Sea coast.

PKP Cargo, Polish state-owned rail freight operator, announced a tender for repair of wheel-sets from ET22 series locomotives.