Department of the railway transport assigns education of the shaped disciplines in study field Transport, with focus on the Railway transport (in all forms of study), as well as selected disciplines for other study fields of Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications at University of Zilina. These disciplines are mainly focused on technologies, management and economics of traffic-transporting activities of railway transport.

Graduates of bachelor study programs (first level) are prepared mainly for requirements of operators and users of railway, combined and company rail transport, and they are able to operate traffic and transport technological processes, as well as business-economic activities at all organizational levels.

Graduates of master study programs (second level) are prepared mainly for requirements of operators and users of railway, combined and company rail transport, and they are able to operate and analyze, suggest and develop technological processes, as well as business-economic activities at all organizational levels.

Department of the railway transport in his own scientific-research activities is mainly focus on organization and operation of technological processes in railway and combined transport, optimization and development of freight and passenger transport, effectiveness of investment projects, processes of railway companies transformation etc. For example:

• cooperation with organizations of transport section on creation of developing projects and legislative norms
• lecture activities in managerial and other professional courses for employees of transport section as well as in the framework of professional movements (conferences, seminars) with monothematic issues
• solving the topical problems of transport practice in the framework of research activities of department

Department is equipped with own modern outlined traffic laboratory with the extensive model yard (total length of tracks is 100 m). Except of that, the department provides computer classroom with LAN connected to the internet, in which is assigned education about multimedia and simulative applications for supporting of traffic and transport operation processes.