%0 Journal Article %T Typology of Russian regions by level of suburban railway transport: development and areal aspects of management %A Samburov, Kirill %J Journal of Geography, Politics and Society %V Volume 7 (2017) %R 10.4467/24512249JG.17.035.7635 %N Issue 4 (2017) %P 32-40 %K suburban train, Russian railway service, passenger service, regional policy, typology of Russian regions, transport geography %@ 2084-0497 %D 2017 %U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/journal-of-geography-politics-and-society/artykul/typology-of-russian-regions-by-level-of-suburban-railway-transport-development-and-areal-aspects-of-management %X The post-reform period of development of the railway passenger complex was marked by a significant number of crises that led to aggravation of the transport situation in a number of Russian Federation entities. This article is devoted to the problems of regional analysis of the level of suburban service development; it outlines the main trends in management of the local railway transport. The main development indicators have been identified; the grading of Russian regions in these terms has been traced; two key models of regional policy in the sphere of railway suburban service to the population have been defined.