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Annotation. The article examines the relationship between the operating rate of a cargo gondola and the components that affect its change, and assesses the impact of these components on the final value of the indicator. The expected operating rate of a cargo gondola for the period 2024–2034 has been calculated, taking into account the input of forecast data of variable values.
Key words. Operating rate, econometric modeling, price per 1 gondola car, price per ton of thermal coal, number of gondola cars on the railway network of JSC «Russian Railways», rolling stock operator.