Features of specialized railway lines track development to ensure seamless technologies for the heavy cargo transportation

Abstract

The article considers ways of increasing the carrying capacity of railway lines in the conditions of growth in the volume of mass freight traffic, that is relevant to Russia because of the heavy freight traffic vector shift towards South-East Asia, as well as the prospects of building feeder railway lines to ensure the development of mineral deposits in Siberia and the Far East. The advantages and disadvantages of increasing carrying capacity, both by increasing the number of trains and by increasing the number of cars, their capacity and carrying capacity are analyzed. It is determined that due to the development of heavy-weight traffic in conjunction with specialized railway lines, the so-called seamless technology of mass freight transportation, with the minimization of stops, shunting and other non-productive operations that will ensure a high level of carrying capacity, can be achieved. The features of the Australian railway infrastructure, as the country that has achieved the best results in the world in the seamless technology of heavy train traffic, are analyzed. The specific features of track development schemes at loading and transshipment points to sea transport, the peculiarities of train traffic organization with the help of regulating stationsare defined. The obtained experience can be useful in the design and construction of specialized lines in Russia.