Increasing the Efficiency of the Railway Operation in the Specialization of Directions for Freight and Passenger Transportation

Abstract

It is shown that in the mixed traffic of trains compared to the directions specialized for transportation of freight and passengers, the traffic capacity is sharply reduced, and costs on repairs and maintenance of track infrastructure increase by 1.5-2 times. The paper outlines ways to solve the problem in the distribution of directions with mainly freight and passenger traffic to increase the traffic capacity of transportation on the rail network. Among the activities, there is the transmission of transit freight flow on parallel runs. Furthermore, changing the operation conditions of railways in the case of implementing the high-speed trains traffic requires strengthening the existing railway lines in the event of insufficient reserves.