Study of the Prospects of Development of the Eastern Polygon on the Trans-Siberian Highway

Abstract

The modern Russian and world economies pose new challenges for the Russian Railways, in the solution of which the Holding must increase its global competitiveness, make a positive contribution to the socio-economic development of the Russian Federation. The development of the eastern BAM test site and the Trans-Siberian Railway plays a key role in this issue and is especially relevant at the present time, because the sanctions pressure from the EU and the USA have influenced the change in cargo transportation strategies in Russia. The provocations of the West contributed to a new push in the modernization of railway routes. Russian Railways and the government of the Russian Federation are actively working to increase the volume of cargo transported by 110 million tons through the eastern highways. The purpose of this work was to assess the development of the Eastern Polygon to eliminate the shortage of capacity for the carriage of goods by rail, in the implementation of the draft Long-Term Development Program of Russian Railways until 2025 and a comprehensive plan for the modernization and expansion of the main infrastructure for the period up to 2024, approved by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation Federation dated September 30, 2018 No.2101-r.