International railway fair in the area 1520 “PRO//Motion.Expo”

Abstract

The article reviews the framework work of the International Salon “PRO//Motion.Expo-2025”, held on August 28–31, 2025 in St. Petersburg in Russian Railway Museum and Baltiyskiy railway station. The event, organized by JSC Russian Railways every two years, has become a key platform for demonstrating the achievements of domestic and foreign railway engineering.
The salon program included “Business Days” (August 28–29) and “Open Road Days” (August 30–31) with workshops, lectures and an exhibitions of equipment. Over 130 companies, including JSC Transmashholding, JSC Sinara — Transport Machines, NPC United Wagon Company and foreign companies from China and CIS countries, presented their developments on an area of over 5,000 m2. High–speed highways were especially important in the discussions: educational programs for training 500 specialists by 2028 was announced, and infrastructure solutions for the Moscow – St. Petersburg high-speed railway were presented. Emperor Alexander I Petersburg State Transport University demonstrated robotic platforms and interactive simulators. Treaties were signed, panel discussions on technological sovereignty and digitalization were held, and a dynamic exposition of historical rolling stock dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War was presented. The railway fair confirmed the status of the largest exhibition in the 1520 railway zone.