Dozens of trains stood at the main railway station in Prague (Praha hlavni nadrazi) due to the failure of security devices on 24 January.

According to Jan Figel, the Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Construction and Regional Development, a broad gauge railway line through Slovakia is a very serious and important issue.

Tatravagonka, the Slovak manufacturer of rail freight cars, purchased 50% of shares in Transmash (Engels) from Integrated Car Building (IVSK, a subsidiary of Transmashholding).

Deutsche Bahn announced on 25 January, that it reached an agreement with EVG trade union, which represents 135,000 employees.

Polish private rail freight operators complain to the European Union on favouring PKP Cargo by Railway Transport Authority and other companies from the PKP group.

The state-owned Czech Railways has signed a contract with the company Skoda Vagonka for the supply of eight double-decker electric trains CityElefant.

On 20 January 2011 in Leipzig, Germany, Lithuanian Railways signed a cooperation agreement with the German company CargoBeamer AG.

Solidarnosc trade union demand from the management board of PKP Cargo to introduce increase of wages to employees since January 2011.

The Lithuanian Transport Ministry wants to divide the activities of the state-owned railway company according to the European Union’s directives.

According to the Russian media, soon Dmitri Gaev might be replaced on the position of the head of the Moscow Metro.

The Romanian Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure wants to review the last year’s budget of CFR SA, the state-owned rail infrastructure manager.

On 19 January 2011, during the general shareholders' meeting of Trakcja Polska adopted were the necessary resolutions for completion of the transaction which includes the merger of activities of Polish Trakcja Polska and Lithuanian Tiltra Group.

There is a turning point in the case of purchasing 70 trains for the Polish regional passenger rail operator Przewozy Regionalne (PR).

During the last year Belarusian railways have experienced significant growth of export rate to Russian Federation and Kazakhstan. The countries are collaborating in Custom Union which significantly improves conditions economical growth.

Metrorex, the operator of the Bucharest metro, has announced a tender for the contract on consultancy and technical assistance services for development of the fifth metro line, connection gallery section, Valea Ialomiţei station and depot.

According to the preliminary data of the Belarus Railways, a significant increase in the number of passengers was recorded between 24 December 2010 and 13 January 2011 compared to the previous year.

Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) published its transit traffic results for the year 2010.

The Macedonian government believes, that the beginning of works on the railway line linking Bulgaria with Macedonia will start already next year.

On January 21, 2011, in Dobra (Slovakia) a solemn acceptance of an experimental batch of articulation-type fitting platforms produced by Tatravagonka JSC for TransContainer OJSC took place.

The capital city of Hungary has no money for the extension of its metro network.