Improvement of the interaction mechanism between structural divisions of directorates of central subordination in the planning of major repairs of the track

Abstract

Over the past decades, there has been a positive increase in the volume of traffic to the ports of the Far East, whose development requires a prepared railway infrastructure, including tracks, as its main object. In this regard, the Government of the Russian Federation has adopted a Long-term Development Program of JSC «Russian Railways» until 2025, which provides targeted financing for major repairs of the track at the expense of the investment component in the tariff, which puts forward increased requirements for the accuracy of repair volumes planning  and their cost. In addition, as a result of the reform of railway transport, three directorates of central subordination were allocated responsible for the maintenance of the track complex, which, of course, affected the management of track facilities processes, in particular, the planning of track repair costs. The analysis of the budget and planned cost of track repairs for 2020–2023 carried out in the article showed that the existing system of planning a major track repair program has a number of flaws. Improving the process of forming the cost of capital repairs of the track will reduce the burden on the infrastructure component in the expenses of JSC «Russian Railways» from transportation. In this regard, the authors made a proposal to change the organizational structure of the Infrastructure Directorate with the inclusion of the Track Repair Directorate in its composition, which will allow to avoid economic and production losses when planning track repair work and inconsistency of actions within the framework of the work performed, as well as increase the interest of the parties in timely and high-quality work, whose balance holder they will become, and will also allow optimal use of personnel on different work fronts.