Zablodska I.V., Doctor of Economics; Rogozyan Yu.S., Doctor of Economics
Problems in the system of maintenance and repair of railway cars are caused by objective reasons: the lack of constant monitoring of the technical condition of cars for monitoring, forecasting, and preventing various emergencies; insufficient provision of the system of maintenance and repair of cars with methods and means of diagnosing (control) to reduce operating costs; lack of methodological support for assessment and decision-making by service personnel in conflict situations that arise in the process of maintenance and repair of cars; lack of investments required for renovation and modernization of the production and technical base of the railway cars complex.
The solution of the existing problems in the maintenance and repair of cars is possible only on the basis of scientific substantiations and introduction of means of technical diagnostics and information technologies; timely staging of cars for repair and their additional diagnostics at the car repair enterprises; selection of equipment and materials that ensure the required quality of car repair; conducting quantitative and qualitative research of the problems of maintenance and repair of railway cars.
Qualitative analysis of the problems of maintenance and repair of railway cars requires research of the national market of services for the transportation of goods by rail. […]