Information Systems in Rail Transport: Development and Prospects

The purpose of the article is to conduct a study of the systems’ historical development in the field of transport technologies, namely, systems in railway transport. The problems that arose with the development of railway transport are presented in detail, and the ways of their solution are described.

The research methods are review and analysis of modern technologies and information systems designed to automate work in the field of railway transport, analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of existing software products.

The novelty of the study is the analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of systems used in the field of railway transport. The article provides a detailed development of information systems in the field of railway transport, describes what tasks were solved at different times in different areas, namely, on transportation of products from producers to consumers, improving the management of railways, process control.

Conclusions. The material presented in the article allows forming a model of development of the railway industry for a certain time. The problems that have arisen in connection with increasing the capacity of the railway industry and processing large amounts of information, on the operational management of transportation, maintenance, management of railway operations, planning of car repairs and accounting of all types of work, as well as reservations for passengers. The development of the corresponding information systems which were created for automation of works and the decision of the corresponding problems is in detail presented.