Domestic Systems of Railroad Automation and Telemechanics and Tasks for Ensuring Their Competitiveness

Abstract: According to the analysis of domestic railroad automation and telemechanics (RRATM) systems, they are in no way inferior to their foreign counterparts in terms of such basic criteria as safety, reliability, functional capabilities, service life, and procurement and operation cost. This is confirmed in this paper by the characteristics of modern Russian railroad automation systems, as well as by the examples of their exportation to railroad in other countries. To consolidate achieved positions and ensure further progress, it is necessary to consider the latest global trends in the field of creating railroad automation equipment, the main areas of which are—creation of integrated multilevel control systems;—broader use of modern digital radio communication equipment in information management systems;—ensuring reliable cybersecurity of developed RRATM systems;—development of modular systems with flexible architecture;—standardization of requirements on developed equipment and their harmonization with worldwide requirements and standards;—creation of multilevel integrated systems of deep internal and external diagnostics; and—switching to life cycle contracts for maintaining RRATM systems, which will reduce the cost and improve the quality of maintenance. © 2019, Allerton Press, Inc.