railroad

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev sent a telegram of condolences to the King of Spain Juan Carlos I over the railroad accident in Galicia region.

29 July 2013

Two trains collide in Almaty

Two trains have collided at Almaty-2 railway station.

29 July 2013

From Mecca to Rio, Spain seeks buyers for high-speed rail

Encouraged by a multi-billion euro contract to build a high-speed rail in Saudi Arabia, recession-hit Spain is fighting to win more lucrative train contracts abroad.

23 July 2013

300 diesel engines to be produced in Astana annually

GEVO plant in Astana will produce 300 new-generation diesel engines per year.

16 July 2013

Estonian company buys 15 locomotives from Kazakhstan Temir Zholy

Estonian company AS Vopak E.O.S. Ltd will buy 15 Kazakhstan-made TEZZA locomotives from Kazakhstan Temir Zholy.

23 May 2013

New passenger train Almaty-Khorgos launched

Kazakhstan businessmen can now get to the International Near-Border Cooperation Center Khorgos by railroad.

22 May 2013

New railway link established between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan

Presidents of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov have launched the direct railway.

14 May 2013

Freight traffic on Zhetygen-Korgas railroad to make 2 million tons in 2013

We plan that this year the traffic volume will make 2 million tons: Askar Mamin.

25 April 2013

Kazakhstan launches construction of Astana-Almaty high-speed railway

This railroad line will decrease the traveling time between Astana and Almaty from 12 to 5 hours and cut distance by 400km.

01 April 2013

Kazakhstan ranked 117th by road and 29th by railway quality

Experts have evaluated the quality of roads in Kazakhstan at 2.7 points out of 7, but its railroads have been evaluated quite high.

25 March 2013

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy to increase engineering production 30-fold by 2015

The railroad sector will be fully covered with Kazakhstan-made trains, while Kazakhstan content in the production will reach 72 percent, Yermek Kizatov

19 March 2013

Afghanistan asks for Kazakhstan's support in entering Organization for Cooperation of Railways

Kazakhstan could support Afghanistan in Russia, so that it can enter this organization more quickly. Then the transit problem will be fully resolved: expert.

15 March 2013

First ever high velocity railway link to be completed between Astana and Almaty by 2017

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Railways Operator has signed a contract with Systra to design and construct the railway link.

14 March 2013

EDB board approved project in Kazakhstan worth 31 billion tenge

The council on the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) approved a Kazakhstan investment project worth around $207 million.

29 January 2013

Kazakhstan and Russia agreed on joint use of freight wagons

KazTemirTrans and Federal Freight Company signed a memorandum of cooperation in joint use of freight rolling stock.

28 January 2013

High-speed railroad link will take passengers from Astana to Almaty in 5 hours

Astana-Almaty high-speed railroad line will shorten the trip time down to 5 hours instead of the current 13.

25 January 2013

Kazakhstan raising fares will buy 200 new passenger wagons

Kazakhstan railroad fares jumped 12 percent on January 7, 2013.

11 January 2013

Kazakhstan and China introduced new railroad border crossing

The ceremony of opening of Kazakhstan-Chinese new border crossing Altynkol-Khorgos was attended by head of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Askar Mamin and head of Urumqi railroad Tan Sheshen.

24 December 2012