23.05.05 Train support systems



  • Form and duration of training full-time, 5 years
  • The program is implemented at the Institute of Transport Engineering and Operation Systems

What is railway power supply? Do you immediately imagine a bunch of wires and cables? You are partly right, but it is more than that. The study program «Railway Power Supply» gives the applicant a great opportunity not only to explore the profession, but also to participate in the construction of railways of the future, to carry out continuous projects and research, to organize the work of professional teams, as well as to get familiar with modern digital technologies and design techniques.

  • Railways and subways power supply 
  • Contact system and power lines
  • Traction and transformer substations
  • Electronic engineering and power supply converters
  • «Transenergo» – branch of JSC «Russian Railways»
  • State Unitary Enterprise «Moscow Metro»
  • Directorate for Major Repair of Railway Electrification Works – branch of JSC «Russian Railways»
  • Electrical engineer 
  • Engineering Maintenance Engineer 
  • Electro-mechanical technician
  • Power controller 
  • Head of area of contact network
  • Chief of electricity district
  • Supervisor of the Power Range Repair and Revision Section
  • Design engineer
  • «Transenergo» – branch of JSC «Russian Railways»
  • State Unitary Enterprise «Moscow Metro»
  • Directorate for Major Repair of Railway Electrification Works – branch of JSC «Russian Railways»
  • JSC «Mosgiprotrans»
  • Form and duration of training Extramural - 5 years 11 months
  • The program is implemented at the Russian Open Academy of Transport

It is difficult to imagine the work of the railway without engineers of various directions. Automation and telemechanics is a unique specialty that will keep you up to date with the latest achievements in science and technology, including in the field of electronics, computer engineering and programming. Nowadays it is impossible to ensure the required railway capacity and train safety without railway automation and telemechanics systems.

  • Theory of train safety
  • Microprocessor information management systems
  • Automation and telemechanics in transit
  • Station automation and telemechanics systems
  • Dispatching System
  • Moscow Directorate of Infrastructure – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • South-Eastern Directorate of Infrastructure – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • North Directorate of Infrastructure – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • October Infrastructure Directorate – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • Infrastructure Design Bureau – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • Maintenance and repair of railway automation and telemechanics
  • Dispatcher specialist for railway infrastructure maintenance
  • The head of the section for maintenance and repair of equipment and systems for the supply of electricity, centralization and blocking of railway transport
  • Engineer for the operation of railway equipment
  • Specialist in organization of the exploiting process and devices of automation and telemechanics development on the railway transport
  • Moscow Directorate of Infrastructure – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • South-Eastern Directorate of Infrastructure – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • North Directorate of Infrastructure – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • October Infrastructure Directorate – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • State Unitary Enterprise “Moscow Metro”
  • Control of automation and telemechanics of the Central Directorate of Infrastructure – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • Form and duration of training Extramural - 5 years 11 months
  • The program is implemented at the Russian Open Academy of Transport

If you feel that your future work is related to solving the problems of designing and operating communication systems and intelligent infocommunication networks, then your path lies through the Department of Railway Automation, Telemechanics and Communication, which will provide you with a high professional level of a future engineer. The department is equipped with everything necessary for mastering the program, including modern equipment.

  • Digital networks and switching systems
  • Digital transmission systems
  • Construction, installation and operation of telecommunications systems and networks
  • Electrical and fibreoptic lines
  • Nanotechnology in telecommunications
  • Moscow Communications Directorate – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • South-Eastern Communications Directorate – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • North Communications Directorate – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • October Communications Directorate – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • State Unitary Enterprise "Moscow Metro"
  • Central communication station – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • LLC «Centre for Technical and Technological Research in Railway Transport»
  • Maintenance and repair of railway telecommunications equipment and devices
  • Engineer for the operation of railway equipment
  • Specialist of the dispatch office for the maintenance of structures and devices of the railway transport infrastructure
  • A network manager
  • Telecommunications engineer
  • Moscow Communications Directorate – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • South-Eastern Communications Directorate – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • North Communications Directorate – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • October Communications Directorate – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • State Unitary Enterprise "Moscow Metro"
  • Central communication station – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”
  • The main computer center – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways”