Metallurgical plants are large shippers, so factories and warehouses are traditionally built close to railway lines and, as a rule, they have their own tracks to load or unload goods from railway wagons.
Industrial development leads to an increase in the use of railways. Innovations are constantly being introduced for the construction and renovation of railways. In the last century, iron rails were replaced by steel rails, which provided higher speed and reliability with less weight and cost. Now reinforced concrete trays are increasingly being replaced by composite analogs with a Russian Railways certificate. Railroad composite trays have a lower cost and higher performance characteristics, for more details see en-solution.ru .
Certain changes in the rolling stock are also taking place, including engines, aerodynamic smooth contours of the structure, and also two-level rolling stock and high-speed electric trains have appeared. In addition, new technologies are being used to manage systems while reducing environmental impacts and improving public safety.
Rolling stock in the rail transport system as a whole encounters lower frictional resistance than road vehicles, so that both passenger and freight cars can be connected to form longer trains, providing safety for passengers and goods. Governments in many countries are now trying to encourage the growth of freight transport by train, due to the environmental benefits, since rail transport is energy efficient.
Many rail systems have evolved into computerized systems that have reduced costs and added rail traffic. Freight and passenger rail transport is closely related to other modes of transport. Many enterprises, shipping their products over long distances, choose the railroad, since railroad transportation is cheaper and provides transportation of large volumes than by road.
