Аннотация:The article focuses on the Strategy for Developing Rail Transport in the Russian Federation, which involves a two-stage programme of infrastructure investment in 20,000 kilometers of new routes until 2030. Rossiiskie Zheleznye Dorogi (RZD) developed the strategy with support from the government, using parameters that included macroeconomic predictions for Russia's long-term socio-economic development and international experience with the modernisation of railway networks.