There is possibility of additional funding for Georgia concerning construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Karas railway track. As the project is being realised new opportunities occur.

German Transport Ministry prepared a report after the accident in eastern Germany that happened on 29 January 2011. The report says that negligence two successional red lights by the driver of the freight train caused the head-on train crash on Saturday night.

Montenegrian railway passenger operator (ZPCG) will get a loan from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development for support in purchasing electric multiple units.

According to St. Petersburg Times as early as in December Foreign Investors will be invited to sign 30 year contracts for design, building and maintaining the new high-speed railway links.

In January 2011 Freight One transported 490 thousand tons from Krasnoyarsk and Khakassia region achieving a significant growth in comparison to the same period in 2010. The coal is meant to supply the housing and utility sector.

Deutsche Bahn plans to improve some services and allow seat reservations in regional trains in Hesse

Extended program of modernization of Czech Railways (Ceske Drahy) was launched last year. It includes renewal of rolling stock: modernization of vehicles currently in use and acquisition of brand new units.

PKP Intercity is preparing for a tender for revision repair of 34 electric locomotives type 4E/303E (series EU/EP07).

Production of two prototype 2ES10 electric locomotives has been completed in the Verkhanyaya Pyshma plant localized in the surroundings of Yekaterinburg. In the nearest two years the serial production will be initiated.

Construction of bypass in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia, has been initiated. After announcement of tender's results on May the following year Chinese-Georgian collaboration is going through the first test.

Warsaw’s metro operator, Metro Warszawskie Sp. z o.o., has placed a EUR 272m order for 35 six-car metro trains with a consortium consisting of Siemens and Newag, the Polish rolling stock manufacturer.

One person has died and nine were injured after the head collision between passenger and freight trains.

Austrian vibration insulation specialist Getzner Werkstoffe will supply sleeper pads featuring a polyurethane layer for Deutsche Bahn. Upon completion, this track section will be able to handle speeds of up to 160 km/h without generating additional vibrations.

Lithuanian Railways have announced the winner of public tender concerning promotion of Rail Baltica project. The winner is PI Visual Studio Communications.

The employees of OJSC Dniprometrobud, an underground railway construction firm building underground line in Dnipropetrovsk, say that there is no financing for the further work.

General Director of Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railway) Mykhailo Kostiuk said that the company has calculated costs of broad-gauge track linking Kosice in Slovakia and Vienna, the capital of Austria.

In connection with a terrorist attack at Domodiedowo Airport in Moscow, Ukrainian ministry of infrastructure has introduced tighter security measures on the railway.

Russian Railways continue the modernization and conservation program of the infrastructure. In last year the main tracks have been repaired or upgraded.

Chief executive officer of TZV Gredelj Ivan Tolic and the representative of National Railway Equipment Company (NREC) Steven L. Beal signed a contract for renewal and modernization of nine diesel-electric locomotives.

Moscow Railway -one of the biggest tax payers in Russian Federation- has payed in the last year over EUR 343.7m (RUB 14 billion) of tax. It is one of the biggest contributions to the budget, significantly higher than in 2009.