Improvement of methods of forming payment for the presence of rolling stock on public railway tracks

Aim: development of increased rates of payment for car presence on public tracks over allowed time of lay over and exceeding of maximum capacity of the station tracks.

Materials and methods: justification of rational fee amount of payment rates for presence on public tracks, the procedure for their determination according to not only compensation of emerging costs of JSC “RZD”, but also assessment of financial risks for violations of standard cargo delivery times and losses of potential sources of financing of the carrier's operating and investment activities per freight car in case of violation of the technological idle time of the car at the station established by the standards.

Results: formation of payment rates for presence of rolling stock used in freight transportation on public railway tracks with the use of the specified methods may be the basis for actualization of the Traffic guide approved by Order of the Federal Tariff Service No. 127-t/1 of April 29, 2015.

Conclusion: changes in the rates of payment for the presence on public railway tracks of rolling stock used in freight transportation, along with other methods of regulatory and legal regulation of the excessive fleet of freight wagons, should lead to an increase in the efficiency of the operational work of JSC “Russian Railways”.