The problem of the spread of the coronavirus epidemic is now being widely discussed not only in the media, but also in legislative and executive authorities, business and scientific circles around the world, including in Russia. The article provides a brief overview of the main epidemics that occurred in modern world history, their impact on the economy of individual countries and the world economy as a whole. The main attention is paid to the analysis of the impact degree of epidemics and pandemics on the transport sector of the economy. The specificity of the impact of the spread of mass diseases on the functioning of transport system and its’ economic security is shown. Possible directions of organizational and legal support for the activities aimed at minimizing the consequences of the pandemic on the economic security of transport are substantiated.

Russia may play a role of transit country when transporting the goods from Asia-Pacific region to European countries, gaining an economic advantage from it. It is important to develop railroad container traffic on China – Eurasian Economic Union – European Union axis. Russian transporters receive an opportunity to increase carriage volumes and seek an additional income, Russian government, in this case, may receive additional tax payments into the budget. In order to increase the number of freight trains with the usage of railroad transit services on 1520mm gauge it is necessary to improve transport and logistics infrastructure. New transport corridor for delivering container freights into Europe through Kaliningrad Region and the use of railroad route through Mongolia are considered to be perspective solutions. Based on the analysis results it was stated that there is a possibility to redeploy existing and perspective container transit volumes on the China-Europe lane through border crossing points Dostyk, Zabaikalsk and Zamyn-Uud. Goods for e-commerce has the greatest importance in the structure of transit freights. The switch of international flow of goods from airplane to rail transportation for the purpose of e-commerce is also another opportunity to increase the volume of transit traffic through Russian territory. It will give benefits as for clients, as for Russian Railroad company. In order to implement these opportunities, it is necessary to solve a set of legal, organizational and technical tasks.

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