The article analyzes the current state of the postal services market, including the dynamics of the turnover of the postal services market in Russia, as well as an assessment of the development of postal items. The existing route network for the delivery of mail to Russian Post JSC is considered and the design location of the main objects of the sorting center in Rostov-on-Don - an automated sorting center in the immediate vicinity of the Platov airport is presented, an estimate of the costs of the current and project route networks.

Keywords: transport and logistics technologies, express delivery, postal services, postal operator, route network, logistics postal center, automated sorting center, comparison, costs