Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Boris Kolesnikov announced officially that Ukrainian Railways plan to build high speed network between Kiev and the largest cities in the country. The network is supposed to be built in five years.

According to official press release of the company - during the first quarter of 2011 production of railway wheels increased to 202.7 thousand.

According to company press release - “TransContainer” demonstrates the growing traffic volumes and stable improvement in key operational indicators.

On Thursday, 14 of April Regiojet has opened the first ticket sales office at Prague's main railway station.

Vice-President of Russian Railways Salman Babayev said at the plenary session of the II Eurasian Transport and Logistics Forum that “to develop rail infrastructure alone, we have to invest over 2 trillion roubles at 2010 prices in the main routes of Russia’s rail network by 2020.”

In the first quarter of 2011 Donetsk railways have achieved significant growth of cargo transport in comparison to the same period in the last year.

According to the preliminary statistics, cargo carrier Freightliner PL finished 2010 year with the positive financial result. The carrier also increased the transport volume.

Deutsche Bahn ordered the sixteenth unit ICE (407 series) from Siemens Mobility. The order is the extension of the purchase from 2008.

Bulgarian government has approved a loan of EUR 71.5 million to the national railway carrier BDZ. The loan will be granted by the Bulgarian Development Bank.

Today on 13 of April, a meeting between Ukrainian Railways representatives and Tajik delegation headed by minister of transport of Tajikistan, Nizom Hakimov has taken place. During the meeting a question of favourable tariffs for alumina rail transport has been discussed.

According to official announcement of Latvian Railways (LDZ) in the first quarter of 2011 volume of Latvian transport grew by 11.7%.

CFR Marfa informed labor union about the layoff of 3000 employees. The company will start reducing the number of staff member from 1 June 2011.

On 12th of April in Yaroslavl head of Russian Railways (RZD),Vladimir Yakunin, and governor of Yaroslavl region signed a protocol of cooperation.

Regiojet has begun recruiting staff for train sets that will operate on Prague-Ostrava connection.

H. Cegielski-Fabryka Pojazdów Szynowych Sp. z o.o. (FPS) started a modernization of wagons for the company RDC GmbH. The wagons will be used for operating on the route Cologne-Hamburg.

Railway Transport of Montenegro, hereinafter referred to as “the Purchaser”, intends using the proceeds of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development towards the cost of the Project to purchase new Electric Multiple Units and associated goods and services.

The first Superbus prototype will be presented in Dubai at the World Exhibition of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) hosted by Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), on the opening day 10 April 2011.

According to Vladimir Vladimirov – BDZ’s board member, BDZ’s cargo division might be privatized in 2012, but with the assistance of the European Commission.

The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) unveiled its scenarios for urban transport in 2025 today at the plenary session of its 59th World Congress taking place in Dubai from 10 to 14 April 2011.

Deutsche Bahn will pay the federal government a 500 million euros in the first dividend since the company was founded in 1994.