Issues of Increasing the Competitiveness of Rail Freight Transport in the Regions of Siberia and the Far East

The purpose of the study is to identify the features of strategically important areas of development of the transport industry in Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation, to identify key barriers preventing an increase in the share of rail freight traffic in the total cargo base of the country, which allowed the authors to formulate some proposals aimed at improving the competitiveness of rail freight transport. To assess the availability of the potential for rail transport supplies and the possibility of its further increase, an analysis of the economic development of the region was carried out, which made it possible to identify key factors that have a significant impact on the development of individual industries, on the basis of which forecast values for attracting additional cargo to rail transport across the subjects of the Russian Federation for key sectors of the economy were compiled.