“Collaboration” as a mechanism for implementation of the technological revolution in the operating processes of railway transport

This paper discusses the experience of the collaboration of five Russian railways in Siberia and the Far East, four universities of railway transport, and ten laboratories of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The activity of the collaboration was carried out as a part of the Program of Scientific and Technical Cooperation of Railways, Universities of Ministry of Railways in the regions of Siberia and the Far East, and the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The program was approved by the Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation and the Chairman of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Within the framework of the activity of this one of the first collaborations for railways in Russia, sets of technical, technological, project documentation and application software packages were developed; and also specialized sites for diagnostics and repair of the track were equipped. The program showed its effectiveness, and the obtained results were recommended for implementation on all railways of the country