INNOVATIONS IN RAILWAY TRANSPORT
IN RUSSIA AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONS 

Aleksey D. Shmatko, Doctor of economical sciences, professor, professor of RAO, director, Institute For Regional Economic Studies RAS (38 Serpukhovskaya street, Saint Petersburg, Russia) info@iresras.ru
Pavel A. Hilchenko, Research associate, Institute For Regional Economic Studies (38 Serpukhovskaya street, Saint Petersburg, Russia) hilchenko.pa@tkgse.ru

Background. To consider the current state and opportunities of the Russian Federation for the introduction of innovations in railway transport, to assess their impact on the economic development of regions and the country as a whole. Identify sectors of the railway industry that actively use innovative technologies that have been tested and confirmed by specific projects. Materials and methods. To identify the main directions for the development of innovations in railway transport in Russia, to assess the effectiveness of their impact on improving the quality of life of the population, products and services supplied to the market, habitat, management, ensuring technological safety, as well as on the development of the regional economy as a whole using the example of the introduction of pilot innovative projects in the Russian Federation.tested and confirmed by specific projects. The work used general methods of scientific knowledge, methods of comparative analysis and statistical methods to identify the main trends in the introduction of innovative solutions in railway transport in a number of regions of the Russian Federation where pilot projects were conducted. Results. The introduction of innovative solutions in the railway industry will allow solving a number of priority tasks at the regional and federal levels, for example, such as technological safety through the use of own developments, improving the safety of working conditions, improving the environmental component in almost all regions of the country. It will also affect the development of other industries and agriculture in the regions, which, in turn, will increase the volume of transportation, create conditions for creating new jobs, and increase the mobility of the population. Conclusions. The study of the main global achievements of innovative development in the railway industry, the priority use of domestic developments in the creation of new products, allows us to solve the tasks of ensuring state and public safety, effectively use the opportunities of the regions, create conditions for the reproduction of highly qualified personnel. To successfully solve such a complex of complex tasks, it is necessary to use the possibilities of state support and tools of public-private partnership in order to form programs for the development of industries, regions and the country as a whole. An important role should be given to the tools of the quality economy, first of all, this concerns the updating of the regulatory and legislative framework, the development of new national standards.

innovative development, railway industry, unmanned trains, quantum technologies, regional development, traffic safety

Shmatko A.D., Hilchenko P.A. Innovations in railway transport in Russia and their impact on the economic development of regions. Modeli, sistemy, seti v ekonomike, tekhnike, prirode i obshchestve = Models, systems, networks in economics, technology, nature and society. 2024;(3):30–42. (In Russ.). doi: 10.21685/2227-8486-2024-3-3