Pskovvtormet has received financial aid from American company Alliance Leasing. Funding aid has been used for acquisition of gondola cars.

Russian Railways are planning to collect money for new investments. The currency that considered by the company to be the most profitable are British Pounds.

According to official announcement of Latvian Railways (LDZ) its subsidiary company LDZ Cargo has noticed on January 2011 1.5% growth of cargo traffic in comparison to last year.

Romanian state-owned railway company CFR SA launched an open tender for rehabilitation of five tunnels worth EUR 6.2m.

The head of Romanian railways unions, Ion Molea, announced that railway workers will trigger a national railway warning strike. It will take place on 4 March between 7:00 and 9:00 am.

As we informed, Belarus worked on a project to develop selling tickets system. The service of online booking is finally available for passengers.

According to the chairman of the Board of Directors of BDZ Holding EAD Vladimir Vladimirov, there will be not layoffs in Bulgarian railways in 2011.

New low-floor trains will be operating on the Strakonice-Czech Budejoce-Czech Velenice section.

RZD Vice-President Oleg Toni has announced that by 2012 the company will finish first stage of reconstruction works of Small Rail Ring in Moscow.

From 1 March 2011 Petr Fejk, the former head of Prague Zoo, will be responsible for quality of passenger service in the Czech Railways.

According to Hungarian media, the company GySEV announced a tender for delivery of four electric multiple units.

Track Tec S.A. group purchased 100% of shares in KolTram Sp. z o.o. The company is a leading Polish producer of railway turnouts.

By November 2011 Ukraine State Railways Administration (Ukrzaliznytsia) plans opening a museum of rail transport.

The branch of RZD is planning general renovation of 250 km of rail tracks in 2011. Renovation of tracks will set a significant part of Russian Railway budged in nearest moths.

European commission has granted EUR 3.5m for modernization of Katowice Rail Junction. The funding, granted as a part of European priority investment program, will be spend for initial development works.

Deutsche Bahn AG has announced that the company is looking for supplier for 120 electric multiple units. They will be used in S-Bahn network in Hamburg and its surroundings.

8 trams of T3 type, owned by Dopravni podnik Ostrava, will be modernized by PRAGOIMEX company.

Bulgarian major labor unions of the railroad – KNSB and "Podkrepa" agreed to start striking with one-hour warning activities on 10 March.

At the beginning of February a group of experts from Danish consulting company COWI has met Georgian Railways representatives. Meeting concerned possibility of removal of Khashuri-Kharagauli railway section.

Kuibyshev branch of RZD will invest over RUB 4.7 billion (EUR 117.8m ) in modernization and infrastructure and track facilities development. the investment is part of traffic safety program.