Analysis of the prospects for the development of diagnostic tools has shown the need to equip the infrastructure of high-speed electric trains “Sapsan” with diagnostic complexes. Russian specialists are creating an innovative on-board diagnostic system that evaluates the infrastructure of the St. Petersburg – Moscow line according to 76 parameters. The beginning of fundamentally new technologies of the XXI century has been laid, radically changing the structure of technical diagnostic tools and repeatedly increasing the efficiency and reliability of the information received.

Another example of the capabilities of the Russian design school is the implementation of a new approach to solving the problem of optimizing the interaction of rolling stock and track. The introduction of an asynchronous traction drive made it possible to reduce both unsprung masses and the impact on the path by 50%. The next step is to switch to software methods. Thus, the use of a new version of the traction converter software developed by specialists for 2ES10 and 2ES7 electric locomotives has significantly improved a number of indicators and reduced the impact of the locomotive on the path in small radius curves by a third.

For the first time on the road network, experimental operation of wagons with an axial load of 27 tc began to determine their impact on the track and artificial structures. The tests carried out on the Kovdor – Murmansk section of the Oktyabrskaya Railway will be completed in August 2015. But it can already be stated with confidence that very interesting results have been obtained, which are extremely important both for the current maintenance of the track and for the design of new-generation railcars.

The company is actively implementing the regulatory framework of the URRAN methodology. Currently, 10 interstate and national standards, 14 corporate standards, more than 60 methodological documents for various farms have been developed. One of the examples of the effectiveness of such documentation can be the results of the introduction of a methodology developed by our specialists over the entire 1520 mm gauge space, which allows us to determine freight cars to be decommissioned according to the reliability and safety indicators of cast trolley parts. More than 3 thousand. The side frames were seized according to the instructions of Roszheldornadzor and more than 13 thousand more were rejected at technical inspection points, joint work with specialists of the railways of Austria and Switzerland showed our priority in this area.

Currently, the development of a regulatory framework for determining the physical deterioration of infrastructure facilities is being completed.

URRAN indicators are used in the preparation of requirements for the purchase of products for JSC “Russian Railways”. It is especially important to use the URRAN methodology to optimize the planning of facilities for modernization and repair of the track in conditions of lack of funding.

The technical regulations of the Customs Union stipulate the requirement to have the necessary set of operational and repair documentation for manufactured products already at the certification stage, which meets the interests of consumers and will contribute to improving the level of train safety. The company is working on the analysis of related technical regulations being developed and the elimination of identified collisions.

Interaction with suppliers will develop in terms of further implementation of the IRIS standard, the application of the UR-RAS standards in the organization of procurement activities, the creation of a system of technical audit of car repair enterprises of all forms of ownership in the countries of the Customs Union, and in a number of other areas.