In 2011, Russian Railways (RZD) plans to raise RUB 132 billion from the sale of its subsidiaries.

On 3 December 2010, the Transport Minister Alexander Tsvetkov announced, that Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) will create a security company, which will employ some of the dismissed BDZ’s workers.

Klaipeda port is rapidly moving towards the record data of cargo handling. 28.5 million tons of marine cargo or more by 13,6% compared with the corresponding period of 2009 were handled in the port.

The number of passengers using services of Edelaraudtee is constantly increasing.

According to the data from 30 November, the debt of the Polish regional operator Przewozy Regionalne towards rail infrastructure manager PKP PLK amounts PLN 378.5m (EUR 93.6m).

The state-owned Slovak Railways will dismiss more than 4,000 railwaymen. Those employees, who will be affected by the layoffs, will receive offers for another job, the local media reported.

In the first 11 months of this year, the number of accidents on the Belarus railway network slightly decreased compared to the corresponding period of 2009.

The Ukrainian government is currently in talks with China on a credit, which would be used to finance one of the most significant railway projects in the country.

Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the Chinese Ministry of Railways want to cooperate more closely in rail freight transport and in expanding the Chinese rail infrastructure.

PKP PLK, the Polish state-owned rail infrastructure manager, is demanding suspension of the license of regional passenger operator Przewozy Regionalne.

On 2 December, the organized crimes prosecutors have passed charges against the former president of the state-owned Serbian Railways.

The state-owned Georgian Railways is considering selling shares in its construction unit, Georgian Railway Construction Ltd.

The Irkutsk branch of JSC Freight One has entered into an agreement with LLC Elektromniya on the transportation of transmission lines to the Amur region.

Due to the decision of the Polish National Appeal Chamber, Warsaw Metro had to once again consider bids in a tender for delivery of 35 six-car metro trains.

The joint Hungarian-Austrian rail operator Gysev asked the Hungarian government for state subsidies in 2011.

Bulgaria's National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC) wants to obtain BGN 140m (EUR 71.58m) loan from the World Bank.

Czech Railways announced a tender for modernization of 11 two-section diesel units.

The board of governors of HKL (Helsinki City Transport) has decided in their meeting on 2.12.2010 to choose Transtech Ltd as the supplier of the new trams.

The company Rafamet will renovate and modernize 13 lathes for rail wheel-sets for Polish rail freight operator PKP Cargo.

On 12 December 2010, the high-speed Allegro train service will be launched between St Petersburg and Helsinki.