Historical prerequisites for the formation of quality criteria in the development of highspeed rail lines

¹ Institute for Problems of Regional Economics RAS, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
² Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

^* Corresponding author: foxfree@mail.ru

Abstract

An increase in the speed of various flows, both information and transport ones, including in railway transport, requires compliance with increasingly large number of criteria conditions. Such criteria are safety, economic efficiency, environmental friendliness, comfort and ergonomics for both an individual passenger and passenger traffic. Over more than half a century of history, high-speed railways have become a continuously developing innovative industry that ensures compliance with all the above conditions and provides a further large-scale field of scientific activity. The pace of their construction is increasing, despite the reduction in the total length of the railway network in the world and digital economy.