S. L. SAZONOV Candidate of Economic Sciences Far East Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Keywords: Trans-Siberian Railway, international transit corridor, logistics chain, cargo transportation, transit potential, transport infrastructure, United Russian Transport Highway For more than 20 years, the problems of economic development of the Baikal-Amur Mainline zone and the use of its capacities, which are currently loaded only by a third, have been discussed, despite the fact that the road has a capacity of 12.6 million tons of cargo and up to 100 thousand containers per year [1]. The main line remains unprofitable in terms of cargo turnover, and the share of passenger traffic on this road is less than 1% of all-Russian railway passenger traffic. At the beginning of 2011, the once-most powerful construction site of the Union significance began its "renaissance" - the implementation of the interregional investment project "Strategic Program for the development of the Baikal-Amur Mainline for the future until 2020". The program approved by the Government of the Russian Federation provides for a phased set of measures to increase the throughput and carrying capacity of the Northern Latitudinal Route from Taishet to the port of Vanino. It is also planned to further increase the carrying capacity of its Eastern section with the restoration and opening of new separate points along the entire route, the construction of second tracks on the limiting stages, the strengthening of the upper structure of the track and artificial structures. STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT NETWORKS IN EASTERN SIBERIA AND THE FAR EAST The project for the development of leading railways for the long term up to 2020 provides for the following measures for the development of Far Eastern seaports: - construction of specialized high-tech coal transshipment complexes to develop exports and increase the competitiveness of Russian coal in world markets (Vostochny, Vanino, Posyet); - con ... Read more