Aim: to substantiate the approach and describe the methodology for assessing the economic effects of investing in digital technologies; on the example of the transport complex and railway transport organizations to reveal the algorithm for assessing the effects of digital investments on the dynamics of costs and financial results. Methods: the article uses the method of retrospective analysis of the relationship of investment growth in digital technologies with the dynamics of indicators of operating performance of individual transport organizations and the transport complex as a whole. Results: it is proved that with proper investment in digital technologies, the main elements of operating costs of transport organizations are saved: labor costs, materials costs, fuel and energy. The proposed approach is of practical importance in the process of preparing the economic justification of the provisions of programs and projects for the introduction of digital technologies. Conclusion: The expected effect of further growth of investments in digital technologies for transport as the most important infrastructure sector of the economy is estimated: the expected values of annual savings in labor costs, material resources costs, commercial and management costs.

The aim of this paper is to reveal the features of modern transformations leading to rapid obsolescence of many professions of transport branch and emergence of new ones. The article presents forecast of emergence and formation of new competences of experts as the inevitable condition for transportation management and future transport operation.   The study rests on the Autor’s curve which reflects the change of employment rate depending on qualification. The graphic-analytical and statistical research methods were used. The problem specified is acute not only for Russia, but for other countries as well facing rapid technological paradigms change. The necessity to form new competencies for transport workers for efficient functioning of transport industry. Transport engineering higher education institutions must launch new educational programmes.