Analysis of the Experience of Operation and Scope of Application of Direct Connections to Ensure Passenger Transportation on Regional Lines

The role of transport support for all regions of the Arctic is becoming a decisive factor in their economic development, creating a powerful industrial base that ensures the economic growth of the whole country. It is the railway transport as the basis of the country’s transport system that is able to meet the needs of cold region for transportation. The development of rail transport provides a significant multiplier effect for the social-economic development of any region, especially the Arctic, and the country as a whole. The organization of transportations in direct connections allows improving the use of the capacity of the cars and improving the quality of passenger service by providing passengers with the possibility of following the route without any transfers. Developing connection system served by direct cars is one of the possible directions in solving this issue. The system of organizing transportation in direct communications should be adapted to the new principles of managing the passenger complex—customer-oriented approaches to study of the demand, development of competitive advantages of railway transport, expansion of transport accessibility for the population due to regular traffic between regions of the Russian Federation and especially with cold regions.