Helsinki airport, one of the EU’s main gateways to Asia, will be linked by rail to centre of Helsinki from 2014 thanks to a project supported by the European Investment Bank (EIB).

Russian Railways (RZD) does not exclude further reduction of its stake in TransContainer. According to the company’s President, Vladimir Yakunin, the RZD’s stake could even be brought to less than 25%.

According to the preliminary data, the state-owned Lithuanian Railways managed to nearly fulfill the annual freight transportation plan in 11 months of the year.

- For many years railway market functioned separately from the reality and changes taking place in the economy, thinking that it is the whole world that should adapt itself to the rules in the railway industry – Dariusz Stefanski, the President of PCC Intermodal, told Railway Market – CEE Review.

During the first nine months of 2010, the volume of external trade freight between Russia and Mongolia totaled 1.1482 million tons.

The volume of rail freight transported in the first nine months of this year went up compared to the same period a year before.

The state-owned Romanian Railways CFR plans to implement a train control system on one of its railway lines.

The board of Russian Railways (RZD) has approved the creation of a subsidiary on the basis of the Lublin Foundry & Mechanical Plant to produce spare parts for rolling stock.

On 25 November, a rail wagon carrying potash fertilizers fell into a sinkhole at the Berezniki railway station in the Perm Region.

The Polish regional passenger operator Przewozy Regionalne wants to install power meters in its trains.

Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) announced the number of employees, who are to be dismissed due to the restructuring process of the company.

On the 12 December, together with the new timetable, the state-owned Serbian Railways wants to introduce Balkan Flexipass offer.

Maciej Radziwill, the President of Polish Trakcja Polska, is sure, that the price, which the company is to pay for Lithuanian Tiltra Group will be good.

On 26 November, changes took place in the management of the rolling-stock repair plant ZNTK Minsk Mazowiecki.

The Czech Ministry of Transport announced, that 40 people died at the rail crossings in 2010, which is two more than in the whole previous year.

Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) announced, that it plans to overhaul 793 km of railway lines next year, as well as to modernise 358 km of tracks.

Christian Kern, the President of the Austrian Federal Railways (OBB), removed two high-profile managers of Rail Cargo Austria from their posts.

ZSSK, the Slovak state-owned rail passenger operator, will pay EUR 4.87m, tax excluded, for cleaning of its rolling-stock in the time, when the new 2010/2011 timetable will be in force.

It has already been five years since the Czech Railways launched services operated by Pendolino trains.

Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine decided to support the initiative of the Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) to increase the tariffs for cargo transportation by rail.