The Violation of Train Schedules is a Violation of State Discipline

Abstract

Should the procurator exercise supervision over the correctness, and hence the legality, of the accounting and accountability of train traffic and the observance of train schedules? Unquestionably, yes. After all, [the failure to keep schedules] is nothing more nor less than a violation of state discipline. Particularly now, at a time when the task of accelerating the nation's socioeconomic development requires—as noted in the Guidelines for the Economic and Social Development of the USSR for 1986-1990 and the Period Ending in 2000—improving the operation of railroads. And this is understandable since rail transport under the Twelfth Five-Year Plan will have to bring about a vast increase in carriage. The strict observance of state discipline is one of the main conditions for the attainment of these objectives. Any indulgence of violators instills them with a feeling of impunity and leads to more serious violations. All this inflicts material harm on the state and prevents the fulfillment of shipping plans.