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Warm weather and rains have given way to winds and blizzards in Astana.

China plans investing $600 million in projects of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), a Kazakh railway company.

Kazakhstan launches its first transport and logistics center compliant with best international standards in Astana.

The concept of a new train station in Kazakhstan's Astana has been approved.

Japan's state-of-the-art maglev train clocked a new world speed record in a test run near Mount Fuji.

India said it would spend $137 billion to modernise its crumbling railways, pledging to end a vicious cycle of under-investment.

Talgo passenger carriages will become more comfortable as the plant producing the carriages masters the final stage of production.

President of Kazakhstan's national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Askar Mamin held bilateral talks with Director General of Chinese Railways Sheng Guangji. Two cooperation documents were signed.

The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani have participated in the opening ceremony of the Uzen-Beket-Goran railroad.

The agreement on construction of the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway link was signed by the three leaders back in 2007, the actual construction works commenced in 2009.

The Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway line will be opened on December 3.

Kazakhstan needs to meet three conditions to become the largest business transit hub in Central Asia.

Canada announced stricter railway safety measures following last year's runaway train disaster in Quebec that killed 47 people.

According to him, through this railway link Iran “could tap into Russian and Chinese markets, whereas Kazakhstan will get an access to all the states of the Persian Gulf”.

The new railway links will give an impetus to development of the Central and West Kazakhstan, contributing to industrial development of the country’s regions and creating a total of 3500 jobs.

On 26 June in Beijing Kazakhstan and China have moved forward with the creation of a Silk Road economic belt.

A passenger train derailed in eastern India on Wednesday, killing four people after a blast suspected to have been triggered by Maoist rebels, a top railway official said.

France's longest rail strike in years was set to go into a seventh day Tuesday after unions said a first meeting with management failed to address their demands.

Bolivian President Evo Morales inaugurated Friday the first segment of the world's highest cable railway line, carrying passengers from city to city at up to 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) above sea level.

Alstom Transport has signed a contract to supply 50 KZ8A freight locomotives produced in Astana-based Elektrovoz Kurastyru Zauitty to Azerbaijan Railways.
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