Polish state-owned rail passenger operator PKP Intercity started talks about the company’s restructuring with representatives of the trade unions.

During the High Speed Rail World conference, which took place in Madrid, representatives of Russian Railways (RZD) presented the new project of the main line between Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Russian Railways (RZD) published its freight transportation results for the first ten months of the year.

The Polish National Appeal Chamber (Krajowa Izba Odwolawcza) announced, that the decision regarding the appeals in a tender for delivery of metro cars to Warsaw will be made next week.

The EBRD is supporting the modernisation of railway transport in Montenegro with a EUR 13.55m sovereign guaranteed loan to the Railway Passenger Company of Montenegro (ZPCG), the country’s passenger operator.

The state-owned Belarus Railways is considering cooperation with the Spanish rolling-stock manufacturer Talgo.

The first five railcars carrying sheet steel have been delivered by JSC Freight One from Zabaikalsk station to Moscow-Tovarnaya-Smolenskaya station.

The government of Spain approved a loan for procurement of Talgo trains by RS Railways (Railways of Republika Srpska).

The Romanian passenger rail operator CFR Calatori plans layoffs and significant investments in the coming years.

Polish state-owned rail passenger operator PKP Intercity managed to increase its transport performance in the first three quarters of this year.

Already 1.5 million passengers used the high-speed train Sapsan, since the service was launched on 17 December 2009.

According to Vit Barta, the Transport Minister of the Czech Republic, competition on the passenger railway market should be introduced on 1 July 2013 at the latest.

According to the representatives of the railway trade union VDSZSZ, Rail Cargo Austria, the subsidiary of the Austrian Federal Railways OBB, decided to lay off 1,000 people from Rail Cargo Hungaria.

MAN Nutzfahrzeuge has secured three orders in the rail industry to supply 3,200 engines worth hundreds of millions. The engines are to be delivered from next year onward until 2020.

One of the largest European rolling-stock manufacturers, Slovakian Tatravagonka, took over the Serbian company Bratstvo from Subotica.

Two freight trains transporting fuel collided in the city of Bialystok, Poland. The crash caused an explosion and left two people injured.

The state-owned Latvian Railways (LDz) was ranked at number three on the list of Latvia’s most valuable companies.

By the end of this year, Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) plans to purchase new passenger cars.

The Polish oil refinery PKN Orlen demands 30% discount for transport from the state-owned Lithuanian Railways.

CEO of the State Administration of Railway Transport of Ukraine, Mikhail Kostyuk said that the operational data for past 10 months of the year 2010 show increase of transported cargo by 7% over the corresponding period last year.