Suggestions for automation of document flow system at railway freight classification yard

Abstract

Upon condition of the mandatory application of the traffic safety management system in the railway transport system, as well as to add the demands for the carrier of cargo, amendments to the draft law on the railway transport operation have been introduced, which include new requirements: carriers of cargo are required to operate the traffic safety management system. The parameters and quality indicators of the railway transportation process include: the accuracy of the timeline travel time, the value of the service speed, the amount of energy consumed, the cost of maintenance work, the preservation of cargo commodity qualities, etc. In addition to the common problems that attract the attention of railway science, comprehensive automation of processes is a critical task. To address the delay in sending documents, the authors have designed and modeled a device that ensures the automatic redirection of documents by pneumatic tubes. Automation of the pneumatic tubes operation will make it possible to speed up the process of transferring documents to prepare for the departure of freight trains, improve the performance quality of the freight classification yard, increase the capacity of the freight classification yard, as well as eliminate human interference and improve the safety of trains. The project’s technological performance indicators have been determined. This practice will have an economic impact of 4,439.2 thousand rubles per year. The payback period is 2 years.