The efficiency of railway transport is directly related to the renewal of infrastructure, including communication devices responsible for ensuring a safe transportation process. For reliable operation of the railway complex, it is necessary to introduce the latest developments in the field of network technologies. To achieve such a goal, the relevant processes of train traffic systems should be automated. However, this is possible when working in the railway complex of specialists of the highest level of qualifications, the practical and professional skills of which are acquired in higher educational institutions. Therefore, the work considers such aspects as the need for the latest developments based on network technologies, the need for specialists in the field of packet switching, as well as the peculiarities of educating students as specialists in the field of telecommunications.

The article discusses the main trends in the development of the socio-economic life of people associated with the active introduction and improvement of the digital economy. The positive aspects of the developed Concept for the development of the material and technical base of the Samara State University of Railway Transport in the specialty “Telecommunication systems and networks of railway transport” are considered.