Astana-Almaty trains will become more comfortable

Trains No.9 and 10 Astana-Almaty will be modified with new passenger cars made in Ukraine (Kryukov wagon-construction plant). 14 open-plan passenger train cars have already arrived in Kazakhstan, the press-service of Passazhirskiye Perevozki company (a passenger transportation branch of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy national railway company).“The wagons comply with all the comfort requirements and are different from the existing open-plan carriages by their modern interior. They are equipped with water dispensers, refrigerators, air conditioning and radio broadcasting system, information board for passengers, bio-toilets and etc.,” the company’s website writes. Another 28 new trains cars from Ukraine (24 compartment carriages and 4 open-plan) will arrive this May or June. These wagons will be used for modernization of Astana-Almaty trains, the press-service’s message states.In 2011 Passenger Leasing Wagon Company bought 12 compartment carriages from the same manufacturer and 22 carriages (12 compartment, 8 open-plan and 2 equipped for transportation of handicapped) made by Tver wagon-construction plant in Russia.Besides, Passazhirskiye Perevozki is planning to purchase 420 Talgo passenger carriages by 2014. They are manufactured by a joint Kazakhstan-Spanish company Tulpar-Talgo. The first batch, 140 wagons, will be supplied in 2012.