The paper analyses international practices of energy saving for train traction. It describes methods that allow decrease of power consumption. Russian practices of energy consumption for train traction are reviewed, as well as methods for determining the power consumption related to condition of track layout geometry. Best practices of evaluation of impact of profile elevation unevenness to the train traction energy consumption are presented. The calculations that allow matching the data on track geometry before and after track maintenance works are performed, and the convictions concerning cost reduction for train traction energy saving are developed.