For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The article shows new, nonclassical dispersion waves and vibrations, and their spectrum is studied for two reasons: firstly, there is an increase in the number of composite materials used in railway transport, which leads to the phenomenon of dispersion, and secondly, the spring of 2017 showed that many kilometers of tracks were flooded with shallow water. The task of detecting a track defect and determining its spatial localization can be solved with the help of measuring the energy of longitudinal, vertical and transverse oscillations. But the phenomenon of dispersion makes it very difficult to detect the occurrence of new track defects from the rolling stock (see World of Transport and Transportation, 2016, Vol. 14, Iss. 3). The method of «unfixed constructive change of variables» is used in the paper. The authors conclude that two necessary conditions for the solvability of a system of differential equations with first-order partial derivatives have one common nontrivial factor; and that through designing new exact solutions of the non-linear KdV equation that differ from the classical ones, it is found that there is a change of variables in which the equation for the function Y(ξ, d) = Y0(U(ξ, d), ξ) is separate from all the others. Keywords: railway track, vibration spectrum, diagnostic system, Korteweg-de Vries equations, method of non-fixed constructive change of variables. Acknowledgements. The authors are grateful to Volosov K. A., Danilov V. G., Zaitsev V. F., Kudryashov A. N., Karasev M. V., Maslov V. P., Novikov R. G., Shefarevich A. I. for useful discussions and criticisms.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The article substantiates the motives and significance of construction of new tunnels within strategic development of the network of Russian railways. The classification of railway tunnels based on the purposes of their creation and the types of generated effects is proposed. Approaches to assessment of feasibility of tunnels, which allow the «straightening» of the existing rai lway communication, improving its quality characteristics and efficiency, are considered. Based on the logical-analytical method, the spectrum of potential effects arising thanks to the construction of such tunnels at both the sectoral and macro levels is determined. Particular attention is focused on the choice of the calculation horizon and the discount rates. It is concluded that the construction of a railway tunnel can be considered expedient even with a long payback period of capital investments (15-20 years) in the case of a significant net discounted effect for the chosen calculation horizon. Keywords: railway tunnels, theory, construction, reconstruction, classification, feasibility assessment, discounting, remote effects.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version). АBSTRACT The methodological basis for management decisions and data transfer between local automated road traffic control systems (ATCS) is now constituted by the concept of scenarios, based on the object-relational approach. However, the disadvantage of this approach is the lack of the system’s ability to adapt to changes in input information without completely reworking the structure of the original requirements. One of the options for correcting the situation is integration of existing ATCS within a single information platform. To effectively implement such a task, it is necessary to develop a methodology for multicriteria evaluation of options for integrating local control systems with the help of formal logistical analytical methods that were tested and now are used in the theory of decision making. Keywords: automated traffic control system, decision theory, multi-criteria task, integration, analytical methods, single information platform.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The article introduces laboratory studies of RFID tags used for radio frequency identification and control of the dielectric state of linear polymer insulators LK-70, which are used in the overhead power lines, including the contact network. The effect of electrical discharges on RFID technology performance capability, the effect of climatic factors, the angular distance dependence and the speed of registration of RFID tags for signal reception by a terminal for data collection are measured, the breakdown current is determined. The results of tests that confirm the possibility of radio-frequency identification monitoring of the state of insulators are analyzed. Keywords: overhead power line, contact network, polymer insulators, RFID technology, tests, prototypes, built-in signaling device, RFID tags.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The article is devoted to the study of a digital railway as of a complex technical and technological system having a connection with the digital economy. The main technological components of the digital railway are shown. The principles of block management, principles of radio monitoring, interdependence of digital logistics and digital railway are described. The role of cyber physical systems in development of the digital railway, the prospects of digitalization in ensuring safe automation and seamless integration of all modes of transport are emphasized. Keywords: transport, management, digital railway, complex systems, digital economy, digital logistics, digital models, block management.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The expediency of calculating a spatial multi-mass system for optimizing the dynamic processes of interaction between rolling stock and the track is substantiated. The results of the experimental identification of the static and dynamic parameters of the damping material of elastic elements of a multi-mass system are shown. The influence of geometric dimensions and temperature factors on the elastic-hysteresis properties of damping elements is determined. The energy analysis of the obtained data is carried out. The use of the obtained experimental data as input parameters of the designed damping element of the over-axle box unit of a freight car is proposed. Keywords: railway, «car-track» model, multi-mass dynamic system, vibration-loaded state, damping material, rigidity coefficient, damping of forced oscillations, static hysteresis, dynamic hysteresis, temperature influence. The authors are grateful for the scientific support of the presented work to Gennady I. Petrov, professor, D.Sc. (Eng), head of the department of railway cars and car economy of Russian University of Transport.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The article deals with the features of the transition zone from the ballast under-sleeper base to the bridge structure with various types of span structures, as well as the sections of the ballastless track, conjugated with the transient zone. An analytical model is proposed for describing the dynamic behavior of a railway track in the form of a transversely isotropic plate with variable rigidity parameters. Examples of the use of the proposed model for calculating the dynamic depression of a roadbed under the influence of a rolling stock with different freight and speed characteristics are given. Keywords: railway, bridge, roadbed, residual deformation, variable rigidity section, track depression, slope, elastic wave, track profile, transversal-isotropic plate.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT Electrochemical methods have found their greatest usefulness in the dimensional machining of surfaces of machine parts, based on complex processes of metal dissolution. The authors study the results of bench tribological tests of the results of application of the combined method of diamond electrochemical honing and galvanic chroming, creating high-strength surface layers, that showed the measure of intensity of wear, deviation from the optimum regimes, the causes and nature of emergence of coating defects. To fulfill the test conditions, appropriate equipment, technological equipment, tools were used, and an appropriate type of electrolyte medium was provided. The structure of the created equipment, in particular, included modernized vertical honing semi-automatic machines and mechanical devices. Based on the test results, the possibility of combining two methods of electrochemical metal surface treatment subject to high tribological load was confirmed. Keywords: machine parts, tribology, combined treatment, electrochemical processing, diamond electrochemical honing, galvanic chroming, wear, dimensional machining.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT Development of contact networks feeding electrified railways has a trend to use the devices, structures and elements that can be maintained with less efforts and as rarely as possible. The article considers an alternative to application of rollers KS-084 regarding the Russian practices but also suggests approaches and useful tools that can be used on the whole while assessing different operation aspects of power supply systems. Theoretical studies of the permissible normative load on the wire fastening assembly, as well as the experimental verification, including the evaluation of the mechanical strength of GRP rollers for failure in accordance with OST 32.204-2002, showed the complete availability of the composite products offered for operation in the construction of overhead contact systems. Keywords: railway, contact network, catenary, armature, roller, fiberglass, composite, shear, load.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The article examines the sources of improving the activities of transport forwarding enterprises, increasing their competitiveness, particularly in the market of international transport services. Being an architect of efficient cargo delivery, such an enterprise performs a number of functions that are not typical for carriers. It is coordination of operational interaction, compilation of technological and economic justifications for transport and technological routes and timetables, taking into account the wishes and requirements of cargo owners, monitoring the progress of carriage, information on movement of goods. The authors recommend to pay a closer attention to assessment of compliance of demand and services in the sphere of transportation and forwarding services, to algorithm of interaction with customers, to forecasting of competition in business and of future scenarios for economic development. Keywords: economy, market, transport-forwarding enterprise, business process, efficiency, quality of services, transport forwarder.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The paper presents a brief overview of pricing methods and considers the methodology for calculating tariffs for urban passenger transport in St. Petersburg. Based on the critical analysis, the author suggests own formula for calculating tariffs. It is based on the concept of social affordability of prices and application of classification of costs by frequency of their occurence, as well as through identification of the algorithm for calculation of the cost of travel. Tested version approximates the optimization of transportation costs and takes into account the interests of the budget of the city and passengers. Keywords: urban passenger transport, pricing, cost classification, city carrier, calculation technique

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The article considers the organizational aspects of the process of recycling automotive components of decommissioned vehicles. The conceptual model of supply chain management in an auto-recycling system is designed. The problem of duplication of logistics and marketing functions is indicated, the role of logistic controlling in optimization of business processes is shown by forming an integrated database of auto-recycling and a system for supporting the life cycle of auto components of decommissioned vehicles. Keywords: automotive industry, business process, supply chain, auto recycling, logistics, marketing, controlling.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The main difficulties in transportation of goods with international container trains arise at state border crossing points. A detailed analysis of the reasons for their delays at the railway checkpoints revealed the most characteristic «narrow» places. In order to improve the procedures for documenting and informational support of cargo flows, as well as to consolidate business processes involving cargo owners, carriers, forwarders, federal authorities in the sphere of control and supervision, companies providing transportation and logistics services, it was proposed to create a single information environment with the technology of block chain. The authors identify possible financial results of its implementation, as well as reveal new software resources that can be developed on the basis of business logic tools involved in evaluation of the quality of goods movement on the transport route. Keywords: container traffic, international delivery, transport route, railway border crossing point, block chain.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The experience of development of domestic automatic traffic control systems for metro trains is analyzed, taking into account high intensity and low redundancy of the line capacity necessary to compensate for disturbances. A brief overview of development of an automated control system is given; the dynamics of changes in the systems of automatic train operation is shown. The analysis of the transformation of algorithms for centralized control of metro trains, the features of time-travel controllers, the requirements for construction of technical means for determining the distance traveled and the speed regime are given. Keywords: metro, automatic traffic control system, dynamics of development, safety, automatic train operation, time-travel controllers, algorithms.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The article considers the issue of the feasibility of application of modern mathematical tools in solving the problems of location of objects of the transport and logistics infrastructure. The analysis of existing approaches to assessment and significance of the methods used, in particular of coordinate, gravitational and combined methods, is carried out. The example of the transport and logistics complex of the Republic of Buryatia shows the applicability of the proposed methods and management tools, including software simulation tools. Key words: transport and logistics infrastructure, location of objects, transport complex of the region, software-simulation modeling, criteria, methods.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The international transport route using transit possibilities of Iran within the framework of the corridor «North-South» is a project, the urgency of which is conditioned by the processes of intensification of trade and economic relations between the countries of the Eurasian continent. ITC provides delivery of cargo from India, the Persian Gulf zone, Iran to the territory of Azerbaijan, Russia and then to Northern and Western Europe. In particular, rail transportation along this route will shorten the transportation time from 45-60 to 20-25 days compared to the way from the Baltic through the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal and the Persian Gulf. Such a change in logistics reduces transportation costs by 10-15 %. The prospective volume of container traffic is estimated at 3,5 million containers in a twenty-foot equivalent. Keywords: multimodal transportation, corridor «North-South», transport infrastructure, transport and logistics system, Caspian logistics cluster.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The article is devoted to decomposition of the task of transport routing based on heuristic estimates with the Clarke-Wright method. A procedure is proposed for designing an automobile transport system based on the criterion of minimizing the total mileage by various formalized decomposition methods, in particular, using the «benefit functions» algorithm and formation of zones (clusters, subsets) of vehicle maintenance. The advantages of the proposed method are clearly shown in comparison with the method of «the shortest distance matrix», at the example of delivery of ten cargo units from a supplier to ten consumers. The effect of reducing the total mileage on the designed routes was 9,45 %. Keywords: transport routing, Clarke-Wright method, «benefit function», cluster, decomposition method, heuristic estimation, the shortest distances matrix

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The author considers one of the most topical issues in the field of air transportation - factors contributing to emergence of delays of flights. The author suggests analysis and classification of delays in the process of arrival and departure of flights and of the reasons that most often lead to a violation of regularity of flights. The concept of punctuality in the context of work of an airport and personnel according to a schedule is explored. The types of punctuality are suggested and analyzed from the point of view of timeliness of departure of flights, accuracy of arrival of flights, compliance with schedules of taking-off and landing. The method of calculation of all types of punctuality is given. The final part of the article assesses the international experience of monitoring of the regularity of air traffic of passenger aircrafts, airports and airlines. Keywords: air transportation, airport, airline, flight, delay, punctuality, classification of delays, calculation of punctuality, slot.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT When designing social facilities, it is important to choose a right location for them, to make it easier for them to perform their functions in the allotted area. In the works of the author [1-5], the problems of the optimal allocation of resources associated with traffic safety programs in transport are being studied. In works [7-8] an optimal location of rescue services with a normal and uniform distribution of transport hubs is found. The article deals with a one-sided transport hub as an exponential distribution law with certain intensity. The problem of the optimal location of several rescue services on the main line is studied. Keywords: safety, exponential distribution law, one-sided transport hub, extremum of variable functions, rescue services, hub intensity

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).Final part. See the frist part in: World of Transport and Transportation, 2018, Vol. 16, Iss. 2. ABSTRACT In the last decade, many researchers focused on improvement of environmental friendliness and on the principles of sustainable development, green logistics became a new field of transport research. The article presents an overview of the research in this area using as an example foreign and Russian projects. It is shown that the existing approaches, methods and instruments of «green» logistics are scattered, their use leads to making contradictory decisions that do not contribute to a systematic reduction of the harmful impact of transport on the environment. The authors proposed their approach to systematization of principles and methods of «green» logistics, which will allow creating more balanced programs to improve the environmental friendliness and efficiency of transport systems. The second part of the article (the first part was published in previous issue of World of Transport and Transportation) is dedicated to the features of object environment. Keywords: transport, sustainable development, green logistics, logistics, ecology, environment The work was carried out with the financial support and within the framework of the international educational project of the European Union TEMPUS EcoBRU «Environmental education for Belarus, Russia and the Ukraine» (543707-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-DE-TEMPUS-JPHES).

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ABSTRACT The author suggests an essay on the biography of Russian academician Vasily Petrov. For more than half a century, some preferred not to be reminiscent of the name of the discoverer of the electric arc, others thought it shameful to to eulogize an academician-commoner, who had not even recognized the priority of foreign scientists in Russian science. Only a happy occasion gave impetus to restoration of historical justice - and today Vasily Petrov is revered as the founder of domestic electrical engineering. Keywords: electrical engineering, Vasily Petrov, electric arc, battery, galvanic-voltaic experiments, luminescence, history.

For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).Reviews of articles from the journal "Rail Business" [Zheleznodorozhnoe delo], 1908. The editorial staff expresses gratitude to the staff of RUT Library for help in the pr eparation of the material.

For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).Management of economic efficiency of operational activities of railway transport using innovative approaches: Monograph. D. A. Macheret, A. V. Ryshkov, N. A. Valeev [et al]; Ed. by D. A. Macheret and A. V. Ryshkov. Moscow, RIOR, 2018, 212 p. ABSTRACT In the collective monograph, the dynamics of economic efficiency of operational activities of railways and use of certain types of industrial resources of the industry are analyzed, influence of innovations and market conditions is shown, and a scientifically based tool for managing economic efficiency in the sphere of operation of rail transport in conditions of innovation-oriented development is proposed. The book is intended for managers and specialists of industry companies, government regulation bodies, researchers and university professors. Keywords: railway transport, operation, economic efficiency, management, innovations.

For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).Compiled by N. OLEYNIK

For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).List of books on transport and transportation recently published in Russia is enclosed in attached PDF-file.Compiled by N. OLEYNIK

For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).UITP news: http://www.uitp.org/news/ uitp-celebrates-rail-achievement-automated-metro-reaches-1000-km-milestone

For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).ICAO news: www.icao.int/Newsroom/Pages/RU/ Priorities-for-security-environment-privatization-and-gender-parity-raised-as-ICAO-Secretary-General-addresses-IATA-AGM.aspx

For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version).UITP news: http://www.eurasia.uitp.org/node/3963