04/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - Net 5% rise in rail freight transport in 2010. Freight transport by rail increased by 5.4% in 2010 in western Europe and by over 7% in eastern Europe compared to 2009, according to a press release from the Community of European Railways (CER) on Friday 1 April. Passenger transport by rail also increased from 2% to 4.5% in the two areas respectively according to CER, which confirms the continued recovery in the rail sector after the slowdown caused by the global...