The article considers the main directions of improving the traffic safety management system in railway transport in the context of the transition to a higher level of reliability. The transition of the railway industry from information control systems to fully control systems can be ensured by combining automated information systems that are integrated on the road network into production processes. Within the framework of the project to ensure the safety of the transportation process, it is advisable to provide for the implementation of work on equipping the infrastructure of JSC Russian Railways with modern innovative technical means - automated systems for inspecting trains and wagons using laser scanners. The work of the complex to identify and prevent situations that threaten the safety of traffic along the route is considered, the introduction of which will ensure the transition to unmanned technologies when organizing the control of goods and rolling stock at loading stations and along the route. The use of the resource mobile workstation of a cargo and baggage pick-up unit at a railway station will speed up the process of accepting wagons for transportation, reduce the time for processing transportation documents, improve the quality of the railway station, significantly optimize the work process of a cargo and baggage pick-up unit, increase labor productivity, eliminate the influence of the human factor in carrying out this type of work. The technical and economic result of using this complex at the railway stations of Russian Railways is the provision of an increased level of safety on the railways.