Railway Transport Enterprises Research Articles

Трансформація організаційної структури управління інноваційною діяльністю на підприємствах залізничного транспорту

The article determined that the reform of railway transport enterprises led to a violation of the structural integrity of the management system of innovative activity in the industry and a narrowing of the innovative potential of JSC «Ukrzaliznytsia», limiting its ability to maintain a sufficient level of innovative activity. It was established that even despite the reform and restructuring of the innovation management system, the functions of units responsible for producing innovations for the needs of industry enterprises remained extremely limited and were not focused on the implementation of modern tools and mechanisms for supporting innovative growth processes. It was determined that in the conditions of digitalization, the main key to the implementation of effective innovative activity is the company's ability to recognize strategically important information for its innovative growth, which will form the basis of the idea for future innovation. On this basis, the expediency is substantiated and the content, advantages, disadvantages and stages of implementation of technological scouting as a modern tool for supporting the innovative activity of companies are revealed. An approach to the transformation of the organizational structure of management of innovative activities at railway transport enterprises has been developed, which is based on the possibilities of technological scouting in increasing the innovative potential of enterprises of the industry and involves the creation of an innovation scouting center. The structure and functions of the innovation scouting center at railway transport enterprises are revealed, the key ones of which are highlighted as innovation intelligence and systematization of innovation data, formation of the innovation landscape, monitoring and forecasting of innovation changes, regulatory analysis, competitive intelligence and market research. The key areas of activity of the innovation scouting center at railway transport enterprises are characterized.

Методичний підхід до оцінки рівня управління якістю послуг підприємств залізничного транспорту

The article develops a methodical approach to assessing the level of quality management of services of railway transport enterprises. It is specified that the introduction of a modern system for managing the quality of services of railway transport enterprises requires the development of methodological approaches to assessing the level of management, taking into account that the main element of this system is the focus on the quality of products and services, the development of new technologies, flexible pricing policy and a high culture of service, taking into account the specific requirements and expectations of consumers. It is emphasized that expert evaluation is based on intuitive and logical analysis under conditions of significant uncertainty of the environment or characteristics of the object under study. It is well-grounded that the comparative analysis of statistical characteristics made it possible to form a matrix of advantages and allocate the most influential indicators in each group of factors: 1) scientific and technical factors – modernization of existing equipment and automation and modernization of production processes; 2) organizational factors – improvement of the system of material and technical provision and the work of linear enterprises; 3) economic factors – increasing the level of investment attractiveness and the level of business activity of railway transport enterprises; 4) social factors – improvement of mechanisms of material incentives for employees and recruitment. A conclusion is made about the level of influence of individual indicators in each group of factors on the level of quality management of services of railway transport enterprises, namely: the sum of ranks, average rank, average value in points, moda and median, range of series, normed assessment. Identification of priorities, according to experts, will allow to form a strategy and directions for improving the efficiency of quality management of services of railway transport enterprises. The obtained normed estimates of each indicator open up the possibilities of economic and mathematical modeling, forecasting changes in the overall level of service quality depending on the change in each indicator. Assessment of the generalized degree of consistency of experts’ opinions according to the calculated concordance coefficients indicates a high level of such consistency.

РОЗВИТОК ІНСТИТУТІВ ЗАЛІЗНИЧНОГО ТРАНСПОРТУ У КОНТЕКСТІ СТРУКТУРИЗАЦІЇ І МОДЕРНІЗАЦІЇ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ ЕКОНОМІКИ

The article defines the role of railway transport as a component of the transport complex of Ukraine. It is shown that the railway industry of Ukraine, as a natural monopoly, was formed on the basis of a centralized and concentrated form of state ownership in the bowels of the administrative and command system of the Soviet Union. Emphasis is placed on the problems associated with the existence of natural monopolies inherent in railway transportation. The signs of a natural monopoly on railway transport of Ukraine are systematized: the network nature of the organization of infrastructure and the provision of transport services; the presence of barriers for new business entities to enter the rail transportation market; the need for significant investments to create an alternative transport business; low investment attractiveness for private capital due to a long payback period; low elastic demand from consumers for transport services. Emphasis is placed on the problems associated with the existence of natural monopolies inherent in railway transportation. An analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, threats and development opportunities of railway transport enterprises was carried out. Measures have been developed to demonopolize railway transport of Ukraine through a justified division of the spheres of its operation into three groups: first, naturally monopolistic; secondly, areas where competition is potentially possible; third, areas where competition is natural. The conceptual principles of carrying out organizational, financial and information restructuring in railway transport based on the integration of the functional-object system and the vertical model, tariff differentiation, the spread of two-rate tariffs, the elimination of cross-subsidization, the creation of new market segments, the expansion of the spectrum of transport and related services are substantiated. The priority areas of restructuring in railway transport in the conditions of martial law and post-war reconstruction are proposed, including within the framework of the concept of socially responsible restructuring.

A CALCULATION METHOD FOR HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY CAPACITY BASED ON IMPROVED TRAIN DEDUCTION METHOD

A reasonable calculation of railway capacity is very important for research. With the rapid development of high-speed railways, more and more differences between traditional and modern railways have emerged in the transportation organization and capacity calculation methods. In this article, the calculation methods used under different conditions with different train types are studied based on the train deduction method. Train deduction is a method that calculates the number of trains that cannot pass through the line when other trains change their stop plan or operation speed based on the coefficient of deduction method, which is widely used in China. Then, optimized models for trains with the same-speed and different-speeds are built to determine the maximum number of trains. These models are built based on the constraints of passenger service quality and overtaking times. In addition, the models are solved based on a train operation plan. Hence, the capacity calculated by these methods is more reasonable for the actual condition. Finally, an actual case of Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway is implemented and tested with the model. The optimal capacity scheme is simulated and analysed, and the result agreed well with the railway transport enterprise.

ФАКТОРИ УСПІШНОЇ РЕАЛІЗАЦІЇ ПІДВИЩЕННЯ КВАЛІФІКАЦІЇ ПЕРСОНАЛУ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ ЗАЛІЗНИЧНОГО ТРАНСПОРТУ

Rapidly changing economic conditions, new achievements in science and technology, the introduction of information technologies constantly present organizations with the task of matching the qualifications of employees to modern requirements. The article defines the features of improving the qualifications of the personnel of railway transport enterprises. It was noted that the effective functioning of railway transport is important for innovative development and sustainable growth of the country’s economy, contributes to increasing the mobility of the population and strengthening regional ties. It was determined that corporate training of employees ensures higher productivity and quality of work during the rational use of material resources. It is noted that the profile of competences by position serves to assess the employee’s compliance with the functions, the selection of employees for the position, and the determination of areas of additional training. Competencies allow you to use different groupings of competencies and approach the development of each group individually. The development of personnel resources of JSC «Ukrzaliznytsia» gives a multiplicative effect, which multiplies the subsequent results of organizational measures. The general scheme of the model of competences has been modernized into a new model, in which the category «professional competences» is detailed, taking into account the specifics of JSC «Ukrzaliznytsia» (other groups of competences can be similarly detailed). Adhering to the principles of socially responsible business conduct, JSC «Ukrzaliznytsia» must implement a social policy aimed at effective interaction with personnel. The company will consider employees as the main resource that determines the economic results of JSC «Ukrzaliznytsia», competitiveness and market value of the company. In this regard, the provision of professional personnel from all areas of activity of JSC «Ukrzaliznytsia» and the motivation of employees to productive and efficient work are the most important goals of the company’s social policy. It was concluded that the implementation of a unified personnel policy at JSC «Ukrzaliznytsia» should be aimed at staffing all categories of personnel with qualified personnel, creating a single personnel reserve, adapting the system of continuous professional training of personnel to the conditions of JSC «Ukrzaliznytsia» and changing technological requirements, implementing measures to ensure a favorable socio-psychological climate.

Issues of designing new educational disciplines for training and advanced training of transport security forces

Methodological issues of pedagogical design of creative models of new programs are considered on the example of the construction of the educational program “Features of sanitary and epidemiological protection of passengers and personnel of railway transport and metro enterprises in the conditions of military threat and the spread of acute viral infection” and the program “Features of protection of metro transport infrastructure from acts of unlawful interference in the conditions of escalation of military conflicts and the emergence of epidemics”. for training and advanced training of the security forces transport security. The organizational and pedagogical conditions for the implementation of these models in educational institutions of additional professional education are described. It is shown that the creation of a creative model of a new program should be preceded by a longterm work on the selection and classifi cation of information carriers about the industry of relevant knowledge, technology and technology. The sequence of introduction to the specialty, the content component of lectures, seminars and practical classes, the volume of classroom classes and independent training are substantiated. The presented program models suggest the possibility of their subsequent expansion and deepening, as well as integrated use with existing programs. Attention is drawn to the need for early adoption of measures to restructure the educational process with a sharp aggravation of the military-political situation and in conditions of the spread of acute viral infection.

FORECASTING INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES OF RAIL TRANSPORT ENTERPRISES USING TREND MODELS

The object of the study is the investment activity of railway transport enterprises. The purpose of the work is to forecast the investment activity of railway transport enterprises by using economic-mathematical methods and models, namely trend models. The information base of the study is the data of the State Statistics Service and the Ministry of Finance. It has been proven that the transport industry is one of the important branches of the national economy, which provides a logistic connection from the transportation of passengers to the transportation of goods. On the basis of economic-mathematical models (one-dimensional trend forecasting methods), a conceptual scheme for building forecast values of investment activities of railway transport enterprises has been suggested, with the help of which it is possible not only to forecast capital investments but also to propose measures for their increase. The results of investment forecasting by funding sources are given (at the expense of state budget funds, local budget funds, own funds of enterprises and organizations, bank loans and other loans, funds of foreign investors, funds of domestic investment companies, funds, etc., public funds for housing construction, other funding sources). Investments are distinguished by types of economic activity: "Transport, warehousing, postal and courier activities". The received forecast values of investment activity have been interpreted. Measures to increase the investment activity of railway transport enterprises are proposed. The results of the study can form the basis of the formation of the state strategy for the regional development of the country and, separately, in the development of plans and recommendations for the development of railway transport enterprises at different levels of management.

Problems and prospects of the federal project “Professionalitet” implementation as a tool for the secondary vocational education development

The paper considers the problems of implementing the federal project “Professionalitet”, which began in 2022 and is aimed at integrating technical schools (colleges) with enterprises of the real sector of the economy, with the participation of state support for the development of educational infrastructure at the expense of budget allocations of the federal budget.Based on the analysis of the performance of the indicators of the federal project “Professionalitet”, a generalization and systematization of the effectiveness of participation in it of the Rostov State Transport University was carried out. A systematic analysis of regulatory legal acts on the implementation of the federal project “Professionalitet” has been carried out, shortcomings of legal regulation have been identified and proposals for its improvement have been formulated.Taking into account the historically strong interaction of industrial technical schools (colleges) with railway transport enterprises, the old approaches in improving the activities of educational organizations for personnel training have been rethought and new approaches have been identified. The proposed approaches to the construction of educational and production centers (clusters) and the model of the infrastructure sheet can be useful for educational organizations when forming an application for participation in a competition for the creation and development of educational and production centers (clusters).The author suggests possible directions for the development of the federal project “Professionalitet”, first of all, meeting new trends in legislation in the field of education on the creation of educational and industrial complexes as part of educational organizations of secondary vocational education.

St. Petersburg College of Railway Transport is 105 years old: development forecast

The historical aspects of the development of the system of personnel training for railways at the level of secondary vocational education are studied. The main stages of the formation, development and current state of the St. Petersburg College of Railway Transport are given. The results of the introduction of modern technologies for training transport technicians are shown.The relevance of the study is related to solving the problems of secondary vocational education in the preparation of students in working specialties with their further promotion in the system of continuous education to personnel of higher professional qualifications. The issues of prospects for the development of targeted training for the training of employees for transport structures according to a personal educational program are touched upon. As directions for optimizing secondary vocational education, methods are proposed for developing cognitive interest in mastering professional competencies, introducing mentoring at enterprises and strengthening the professional orientation of the educational process. In the laboratories of the technical school, students collectively solve specific production problems, analyze situations, participate in business games, production quests at railway transport enterprises, etc. The participation of students in the championships of professional skills, demonstration exams in the logic of strengthening the professional orientation of training for the preparation of a highly qualified transport technician with a diploma of secondary vocational education is considered.

75 years of the Volgograd Technical School of Railway Transport — branch of the Rostov State Transport University

The history and present days of the Volgograd Technical School of Railway Transport, a branch of the Rostov State Transport University, are considered. An innovative educational space has been formed in the technical school, within which teachers have developed personal websites with interactive elements, electronic learning modules, electronic laboratories, the idea of creating an educational mini-quantorium is being implemented.From the moment of its formation to the present day, the technical school conducts specialized training of mid-level specialists for railway transport enterprises. Classrooms, laboratories, workshops are equipped with modern training complexes, software that allows students to solve professional problems.The innovative educational space of the technical school not only provides training for a specialist in the railway industry who is competitive in the labor market, versed in related fields of activity, able to improve in professional skills, but also synchronizes training in accordance with the needs of the labor market. Today, the technical school is a modern educational institution that trains railway industry specialists who are in demand on the modern labor market under secondary vocational education programs.

Обеспечение средствами индивидуальной защиты работников предприятий транспортной сферы

Purpose: Substantiation and development of an innovative service center for providing personal protective equipment for employees of transport enterprises. Analysis of the correlation of cases of occupational injury due to the non-use of special clothing and special protection and consideration of issues related to the need to create service centers for the storage, issuance, and cleaning of personal protective equipment. Methods: Research and analysis of regulatory documentation regulating the use and provision of personal protective equipment for employees of transport enterprises on the example of the Open Joint Stock Company “Russian Railways”. Application of the results of the statistical method of analyzing the dynamics of occupational injuries for organizational and technical reasons. Results: The functionality of service centers is proposed for consideration, as well as a brief justification of their necessity. Conclusions about the prospects of the proposed innovation are drawn. Practical significance: It is shown that the creation and implementation of service centers at railway transport enterprises will reduce the level of occupational injuries caused by the non-use of personal and collective protective equipment or the use of PPE of inadequate quality, as well as reduce the cost of premature disposal of workwear due to high-quality cleaning and repair, which in general will contribute to raising the quality of services rendered to employees of railway transport enterprises to a new level.

JUSTIFICATION OF THE SYSTEM OF INDICATORS FOR MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATIVE AND INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY TRANSPORT

Purpose. Production and economic activity and the formation of the organizational and economic mechanism of the functioning of enterprises of the track complex of the multi-branch railway transport system, based on the need for scientifically based planning, based on the need to meet the requirements proposed by the enterprises of operational activity. In the new conditions of infrastructure operation, one more requirement has been added - the establishment of a non-discriminatory fee for access to infrastructure facilities, which supports the principle of ensuring the price competitiveness of railway transport. This means the need to develop methodological provisions for determining estimated prices for the use of transport infrastructure, which are based on a detailed study and analysis of the cost structure of railway infrastructure enterprises. The purpose of this article is to develop and substantiate a certain system of indicators that would objectively reflect the essence and effectiveness of managing the innovative and investment development of railway transport in modern conditions. Method. Research methodology involves the use of methods: empirical research (comparison, observation), theoretical research (ascending from the abstract to the concrete), general scientific methods (abstraction and concretization, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, analogy), etc. The results. The key elements of costs of railway transport enterprises have been determined. Only with the implementation of a joint mechanism for planning operational costs of railway transport enterprises and operator companies is it possible to solve the complex task of reducing costs, reducing cost, increasing the volume of transportation, effective management of innovation and investment development, and increasing the competitiveness of railway transport. Scientific novelty. an algorithm for the use of tools for substantiating the system of indicators for the management of innovation and investment development of railway transport was developed. Practical significance. The originality and practical value of the research lies in the fact that the article systematizes the key performance indicators of railway transport enterprises, which affect their productivity and efficiency.

THEORETICAL AND ANALYTICAL SUBSTANTIATION OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF RAILWAY TRANSPORT ENTERPRISES

The purpose of the study: theoretical and analytical substantiation of factors affecting the level of quality management of services of railway transport enterprises in Ukraine.The article analyzes the main scientific works of domestic and foreign scientists regarding the determination of the factors affecting the level of service quality management of enterprises, including railway transport enterprises. This is especially acute during the period of hostilities taking place on the territory of Ukraine. Thus, during the period of hostilities, the number of transportation services increased, especially due to the evacuation of the population and free travel. That is why the development of the potential of transport enterprises, including railway ones, is of crucial importance. The dynamics of changes in the transportation of passengers and cargo by modes of transport are presented in the paper with railway transport as a priority. The category of concepts " product quality" and "quality of services" has been analyzed.The internal (production, socio-psychological, human, organizational) and external (political, economic, social, technological, ecological, cultural, medical-biological) factors that affect the quality of services have been singled out, as well as the factor that affects the level of service quality management of railway transport enterprises, which, according to the authors, includes: reliability, safety, sensitivity, competence, accessibility, sociability, understanding, materiality, as physical parameters of the service, trust, courtesy. An integral indicator of the quality management level of railway transport enterprises is proposed. It has been found that in the future the construction of an integral indicator of the level of service quality management of railway transport enterprises and the determination of its forecast values may form the basis of the development of the state regional development strategy and separately be important for the development plans of railway transport enterprises.

ПАТРУЛЬНО-ПОСТОВАЯ СЛУЖБА ПОЛИЦИИ НА ЖЕЛЕЗНОДОРОЖНОМ ТРАНСПОРТЕ: ОСОБЕННОСТИ ОХРАНЫ ОБЩЕСТВЕННОГО ПОРЯДКА

The features of the organization of administrative activities to ensure the protection of public order by the police in railway transport, as a specialized structural unit of the internal affairs bodies, are stud-ied, with an emphasis on the specifics of the technology of the process of transporting people and material values, taking into account a number of objective factors: technological; economic and geo-graphical; demographic; socio-psychological, without taking into account which the activities of the police will not be effective.
 The characteristic features of the organization of the police patrol service of the linear divisions of the internal affairs bodies in railway transport are revealed, taking into account the peculiarity of the functioning of railway transport enterprises, the issues of using the forces and means of the police patrol service during changes in the spring-summer and autumn-winter periods are studied, consist-ing in changing the schedule of escort of individual trains, according to the timetable for passenger, suburban and freight routes.
 Ensuring public safety in the field of freight traffic in railway transport is directly related to the prevention of unlawful encroachments on goods, the article reveals the methodology of activities involved in the police patrol service in commodity parks, container yards, and other objects of the railway freight infrastructure to ensure the safety of goods.

Research on the Evolutionary Game Model of Railway Cold Chain Logistics between Cargo Owners and Transport Enterprises

The transportation mode of the railway cold chain has an essential impact on operational efficiency and cost. Under the uncertainty of demand and limited transportation capacity, an evolutionary game model of railway cold chain logistics is constructed to explain and analyze the dynamic decision-making processes and mechanisms between cargo owners and railway transport enterprises. The results show that the evolutionary path and convergence speed of the model are influenced by the initial value and its allocation coefficient, cargo volume, additional benefit, and default cost. By using Matlab, numerical simulation is conducted to verify the theoretical assumptions and results. The conclusion provides a basis for studying and managing railway cold chain logistics.

Modern possibilities of working with electronic personnel documents at railway transport enterprises

Modern possibilities of electronic personnel document management at railway transport enterprises are described. The author presents a list of HR documents of JSCo Russian Railways, in respect of which electronic document management is carried out, corporate electronic systems and operating programs used in the Company to ensure electronic document management are listed. It is concluded that it is advisable and necessary to use electronic personnel documents in the process of managing personnel of a railway transport enterprise.

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING A SANELEMENT OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF JSC «UKRZALIZNYTSYA»

Purpose. Ukraine's transport strategy envisages measures that require the creation of an effective management accounting system in JSC «Ukrzaliznytsia» in order to increase the efficiency and competitiveness of the company, strengthen cooperation between the public and private sectors, carry out the necessary reforms, including decentralization, which provides for the transfer of responsibility to existing and newly created centers of responsibility within JSC «Ukrzaliznytsia». The aim of the article is to analyze the system of strategic management accounting taking into account the world experience in order to identify tools that will increase the effectiveness of management decisions with a focus on the implementation of the strategy of JSC «Ukrzaliznytsia». Method. This work uses methods of comparison, scientific research, analysis, and synthesis to study modern tools of strategic management accounting. Results. The analysis of the existing management accounting system of JSC «Ukrzaliznytsia» is carried out. The general problems of management accounting of the railway industry and ways of their decision are defined. The essence of strategic management accounting and its role in strategic management are determined. Based on the analysis of international and domestic experience in the development of strategic accounting, recommendations are proposed for building a system of strategic management accounting in railway transport enterprises using its most effective tools. Scientific novelty. An algorithm for the use of strategic management accounting tools at railway transport enterprises has been built, which combines two traditional management accounting tools: a system of balanced targets and budgeting. Practical significance. The implementation of the proposed approaches will allow to transform the existing accounting and analytical system into a planning and regulatory system of management decisions, which is focused on the strategic development of JSC «Ukrzaliznytsia».

A Literature Review of Railway Pricing Based on Revenue Management

In recent decades, railway passenger transport enterprises have been exploring numerous operation and management strategies to improve service quality and market competitiveness of railway passenger transport so as to ensure that the interests of railway passenger transport enterprises are maximized when taking social welfare into account. However, there are still shortcomings in the current research with respect to determining the pricing mechanism and formulating a reasonable price. This paper systematically reviews the scientific literature related to railway pricing, focusing on the application of basic price methods, mathematical programming methods, and data-driven methods in railway pricing, with the hope of proposing an innovative direction to solve existing problems. The main subjects involved in the formulation of railway pricing are passenger groups and transportation companies. The research can be conducted from four broad aspects: passenger demand, passenger time value, market segmentation, and the equilibrium relationship between rail service supply and passenger demand. On the basis of absorbing and summarizing the strengths and weaknesses of previous studies, this paper puts forward suggestions for improvement and innovative directions which will help promote railway passenger transport services from the perspective of pricing, thereby enhancing the sustainability of railway transport.

Організаційний механізм управління якістю послуг підприємств залізничного транспорту

The article forms an organizational mechanism for managing the quality of services provided by railway transport enterprises. It is noted that today the active development of globalization processes requires a change in the quality management systems that exist at domestic railway transport enterprises. One of the progressive directions of such changes is the formation of effective mechanisms for managing the quality of services provided by railway transport enterprises that meet modern requirements for quality management. It is observed that the organizational mechanism for managing the quality of services provided by railway transport enterprises consists of a number of sequential procedures that exert a comprehensive managerial impact on all management objects involved in the economic activities of the railway industry, and ensure the optimization and efficient use of economic resources. It is noted that for the implementation of the proposed mechanism, it is necessary to use an integrated approach. This approach affects the use of resources through the improvement of the technology of service provision, the development and mastering of innovations, the intensification and increase of production efficiency. It is concluded that one of the important conditions for the formation of an organizational mechanism for managing the quality of services provided by railway transport enterprises is the use of modern management technologies in combination with the introduction of appropriate State policy both at the macroeconomic level and at the level of economic entities. The application of the organizational mechanism for managing the quality of services provided by railway transport enterprises should be combined with the development of a program for the development of the transport industry. This program should include the implementation of priority areas of activity, the provision of scientific, technical and personnel measures, as well as the State support for railway transport enterprises within the frameworks of individual investment projects.

МЕТОДИЧНЕ ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ ПРОЦЕСУ РОБОТИЗАЦІЇ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ ЗАЛІЗНИЧНОГО ТРАНСПОРТУ

The article proves that in the conditions of digitization, the development and implementation of certain robotic technologies, the robotics of business processes are promising directions of innovative development of railway transport enterprises of Ukraine. It was established that robotics mainly covers only some processes of management of operational activities, while the degree of wear and tear of rolling stock and specialized track equipment is critical, and this does not allow railway transport enterprises to maintain leading positions in the market of transport and logistics services. Considering the size of JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" activity, it must be noted that the development, and most importantly, the implementation of such programs are possible only if there are large investors capable of ensuring a colossal shift in the industry. However, even for them, the issue of the payback period and the possibility of achieving the established strategic, technical-technological, social and environmental development benchmarks remains important, because the investments are colossal. That is why today it is necessary to develop a methodical approach that would take into account the above-mentioned key problems regarding the provision of innovative development of railway transport enterprises in the conditions of the formation of the digital economy. The analysis of existing approaches to the technical rearmament and robotization of enterprises led to the conclusion that the most optimal for use is a comprehensive approach that takes into account the nature of business processes, their systemic interdisciplinary relationship, process risks, economic aspects of the introduction of robots based on the assessment of the life cycle cost. The proposed improved methodological support for the process of robotization of railway transport enterprises, based on the calculation of five components (strategic, economic, technical and technological, ecological, social) and a complex indicator, will contribute to the innovative development of railway transport enterprises in accordance with the mega trends of the development of the world economy and ensure their efficiency and competitiveness.