The article analyzes the state of competition in the transport sector in Russia, in particular in the field of freight transport in rail transport. In order to improve the efficiency of management of organizations providing transportation services in the field of freight transportation, in a highly competitive environment, a comprehensive indicator of client loyalty is proposed. Based on the analysis of the factors influencing customer loyalty in the provision of transportation services, aspects of the indicator evaluation are highlighted. A model for estimating the complex indicator of client loyalty based on the method of discrete synthesis is proposed.

In the most general case, the assessment of the risks of investment projects is carried out on the basis of a single standard methodological approach, sufficiently adapted to a large number of industry structures. However, new projects implemented in order to expand and radically modify the infrastructure of railway transport in the Russian Federation require clarification of the principles and provisions of existing approaches for their reasonable implementation. The reason for this lies in the sectoral features of the projects: the return on investment is longer than in other sectors; the social importance of new infrastructure facilities; attraction of budgetary resources to finance new transport construction projects. The article discusses the main prerequisites for the formation of a methodological approach to the analysis and assessment of the risks of construction of infrastructure facilities of railway transport. The author's approach to assessing the risks of projects for the construction of infrastructure facilities is proposed from the standpoint of their relationship with the characteristics of project stakeholders, which determines the directions of risk analysis at the current stage of project implementation and the consequences of the previous stages.

The article is devoted to the issues of economic security of railway transport, as a subject of natural monopoly during the reform period. The prerequisites, main directions and results of the structural reform of railway transport are considered. The role of ensuring branch economic security is defined during structural reform. Parameters and functional components of railway transport economic security are represented. Кeywords-natural monopolies, economic security, railway transport, structural reform of railway branch, components of economic security I.