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Kazakhstan to produce 4000 train car sets a year
Kazakhstan is planning to produce train cars, drilling equipment, locomotives electric locomotives and diesel engines.
13 June 2012
Kazakhstan buying transport assets in Europe
Kazakhstan is going to buy transport assets in Europe and set up terminals in strategically important regions of Europe and China.
12 June 2012
Nazarbayev discussed unification of rates with president of Russian Railroads
Nursultan Nazarbayev met with the president of Russian Railroads Vladimir Yakunin.
05 June 2012
Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russian railroads signed agreement
Kazakhstan, Russian and Belarus railroads have signed an agreement on delineation of responsibilities for nonobservance of periods of temporary import of international transportation vehicles.
05 June 2012
Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan border will see new railway crossing
Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan signed an agreement to open a new international railway guarding point, Minister of Transport and Communication of Kazakhstan, Askar Zhumagaliyev twitted.
01 June 2012
Cause of Astana-Almaty train accident announced
Derailing of a wheelpair has been named the preliminary cause of the accident with Astana-Almaty train.
27 April 2012
Astana-Almaty trains will become more comfortable
Trains No.9 and 10 Astana-Almaty will be modified with new passenger cars made in Ukraine.
26 April 2012
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy to purchase and repair over 15 thousand cargo wagons in 2012
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy is going to purchase and repair over 15 thousand cargo wagons in 2012.
19 April 2012
Light rail rolling stock for Almaty will cost 20 billion tenge
Almaty trams will be replaced by light rail and noiseless transport by 2014.
18 April 2012
VIDEO: Locomotive caught fire on the move in Almaty
Almaty Emergency Situations Department’s preliminary version is that the fire was caused by a failure of the power generator.
10 April 2012
Kazakhstan will speed up shipment of Chinese cargoes
Kazakhstan will be shipping freights originating in China faster.
09 April 2012
Manufacturers call Kazakhstan Temir Zholy to speed up uranium deliveries to China
Kazakhstan manufacturers have asked Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (national railroad company) to speed up uranium deliveries to China.
20 March 2012
Nazarbayev expressed condolences to Poland on railroad accident
Nursultan Nazarbayev sent a telegram to the President of Poland in relation to the railroad accident that claimed lives.
07 March 2012
German companies considering construction of wagons-producing plant in Karaganda
German companies are ready to invest into construction of a plant for production of freight wagons.
24 February 2012
Joint logistics railroad company to open in CU
It is very important to create a special logistics company accountable for moving containers at least in these three countries: Yakunin.
22 February 2012
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Railways Operator on its plans
The 2011 net profit of the Company totaled $750 million, “with most of the profit growth assigned to development of transit operations”.
10 February 2012
Construction of Astana-Almaty high-speed railway line to start in 2013
Kazakhstan will start constructing a high-speed railway connection between Astana-Almaty in 2013.
04 January 2012
President Nazarbayev launches Tulpar-Talgo railway cars production facility
Back in 2010 Kazakhstan Temir Zholy National Railways Operator and Patentes Talgo S.L. of Spain agreed on launching a JV to produce and maintain passenger railway cars.
09 December 2011
Zhetygen-Korgas railroad to start operating on December 9
293 kilometers of railroad have been laid, 5 stations, 9 crossing loops, 28 bridges and 2 viaducts were built since 2009.
05 December 2011