RESOURCE APPROACH FOR ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL CONDITION OF THE RAILWAY TRACK
The article describes the complex assessments of the technical condition of the railway track. Allocated the estimates are based on the concept of life cycle and resource. A comparison of the residual life and the exhaustion of the resource. The indicators used in the complex assessment of the state of the railway track are considered. The concept of risk management as a basis for the assessment and prediction of the state of the railway track is highlighted. The analysis of the methodology of URRAN as the most effective direction of management of a condition of a railway track and repair of a railway track. The rules for decision-making on the purpose of repair of the railway track are considered. The further development of methods for assessing the state of the railway track on the basis of the situational approach is proposed.