Railroads play a crucial role in the Eurasian ITCs. Because of the speed and reliability of deliveries it provides, railway transportation is starting to compete with shipment by sea (advantage of speed) and air (advantage of cost). The competition with alternative routes has to be taken into account, whereas the strategy should be built around the available advantages of the existing routes and the complementary nature of others.

In recent years, the relevance of searching for alternative solutions in the field of cross-border payments has been associated with sanctions restrictions against Russia, which negatively affect international trade not only in the Eurasia region, but throughout the world.