The Czech rail infrastructure manager SZ (Správa Železnic) and Germany’s DB Netz AG selected the design contractor for a key component of the Dresden - Prague - Krušnohorský tunnel high-speed railway line in the Ore Mountains.

A 271 km long railway line between Yazd and Eghlid in a central part of Iran was opened for operating on 29 July 2021.

In Bulgaria has begun the construction of railway tunnel on the Elin Pelin-Vakarel line. The 6,8 km dual-bore rail tunnel is the longest one in the Balkans and forms a part of the Elin Pelin –Kostenec railways line upgrade project.

A new 107 km high-speed line was officially opened in northeastern China on 3 August 2021, linking Chaoyang and Linghai in Liaoning province.

The CPK, a body responsible for the construction of Poland`s central transport hub concluded a contract on technical and economical feasibility study on Katowice-Ostrava high-speed line construction with consortium chaired by the Egis Poland company.

As a result of a tendering process to do the design, upgrade, or construction of 48 train stops and stations, Latvian Railways (Latvijas dzelzceļš, LDz) has awarded contracts to two contactors, the Latvian company GMGS-FIMA and the Estonian subsidiary of the German LEONHARD WEISS.

In accordance with the Work Plan of the OSJD Commission on Freight Traffic for 2021, in the period from 29 June till 2 July 2021, the OSJD Committee (Warsaw) organised Meeting XXXII of the representatives of the Parties to the Agreement on International Railway Transit Tariff (МТТ) on the subject “Improving the MTT Agreement and updating the MTT Tariff”, which was held in a videoconferencing mode.

From 19 till 23 April 2021, meeting XXXVI of the Conference of General Directors (Authorised Representatives) of OSJD Railways was held in the OSJD Committee premises using the videoconferencing online mode, which was attended by the general directors and authorised representatives from the following OSJD railways:

The Republic of Cuba is a member of OSJD and has taken an active part in the work of the Organisation since October 1966. However, due to tougher sanctions, changes in the geopolitical situation and, as a consequence, disruption of economic ties, the country’s participation in OSJD activities has been significantly hampered in recent decades.

Session XLIX of the OSJD Ministerial Conference was held from 15 till 18 June 2021 at the OSJD Committee in Warsaw in a videoconferencing mode. The session was attended by the representatives of the delegations of the members of the Ministerial Conference from 22 OSJD member countries, as follows: