THE PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAYS

Abstract

For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).Review of the book: Levin, D. Yu. The history of railway transport: Study guide [Istoriya zheleznodorozhnogo transporta: Ucheb. posobie]. Rostov-on-Don, Phoenix publ., 2018, 414 p. ABSTRACT OF THE BOOK The reviewed tutorial contains information on precursors of the history, emergence, and development of railways; on evolution of the infrastructure, of the rolling stock, and of the IT of railways; on development of traffic control, structural changes, technical and commercial improvement of railways’ operations. The tutorial is intended for the students of railway universities, attendees of the continious learning courses, experts and employees of different transport companies. Keywords: history, development, railways, private railways, public railways.