The Slovakian Office of Public Procurement has cancelled a tender for railway upgrade. The lowest bid was offered by Skanska.

European Commission declined documents for rehabilitation of Curtici-Simeria line, a part of pan-European corridor IV from Dresden to Istanbul.

Freight rail transport in Ukraine in January and February has achieved level from 2008 informed Ukrainian Railways representatives. The data concerns export in the western direction.

After making the first order in December 2008 Swedish public operator Vasttrafik decided to order additional 11 trains for 2013.

Association of Polish Electrical Engineers Branch invites to the second international scientific and technical conference “Power Supply Systems For High-speed Rail Traction”. The conference will be held between 17-19 November 2011.

According to investment program in 2011 of Federal Passenger Company, a Russian Railways subsidiary, there are plans to buy almost half thousand of new passenger cars.

At the beginning of March 2011 Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications released a statement regarding the situation of Bulgarian Railways.

The European Commission has asked Austria, Estonia, Germany, and the United Kingdom to notify their national implementing measures regarding Common Safety Indicators for railways.

Czech Railways informed that on 17th of March Czech Cartier will sign contract with Polish production company PESA.

In World Bank’s opinion Public service contracts (PSC) in railway sector in Poland are in place for passenger services, but procedural improvements are necessary.

RegioJet's spokesman Jiri Schmidt has demented information according to which RegioJet was facing some problems with keeping the announced date of entrance on Czech tracks. "We are going to enter the tracks in the middle of this year", said Schmidt.

Unexpected control made by European Commission in Ukrainian Railways had as its purpose checking the alleged monopolist practices. The control is considered to be connected with conflict between Polish oil company PKN Orlen and the Lithuanian Carrier

According to information provided by CD Cargo's Chairman Jiri Vodicka the company achieve achieved a positive financial result at the beginning of this year.

The delegation of Croatian Railways visited Vrbovec on 10 March 2011. They held a working meeting in the Mayor's Office with the representatives of the local state.

According to the official statement of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italian company is interested in buying Romanian rail freight transport operator, CFR Marfa.

CRS, China’s largest rolling stock manufacturer, is planning to locate its manufactory in Bulgaria. The company is attracted by the lowest taxes in the EU.

Head of Russian Railways (RZD), Vladimir Yakunin, informed that the company will provide significant lowering of the commuter service costs in the regions that will provide personal and administrative help with dealing in daily passenger control.

State Administration of railway Transport of Ukraine (Ukrzaliznytsia) is searching for a company that will take over the whole process of food provision for passengers informed Ukrzaliznytsia in official statement.

The World Bank released the Transport Policy Note Toward a Sustainable Land Transport Sector. The document says that the main problem of the railway clients is the low quality of Polish rail infrastructure.

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