Topic: Dostyk-Alashankou

Kazakhstan invests big to double railway to China

Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) will purchase 108,000 tonnes of rail, over 1,500 sets of sleepers and fastenings. The equipment will be used for the doubling of the Moyynty-Dostyk railway, which connects Kazakhstan to China via Alashankou.Read more
|Comment|author: Marco Raimondi

New Silk Road gateway near Dostyk, Kazakhstan

Eurasian transit acquired a new transhipment terminal on the Kazakh-Chinese border. The new terminal started operating a week ago, with the first ten trains in the China-Europe direction passing through it. Dostyk TransTerminal LLP undertook...Read more
|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios
Freight train in Kazakhstan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Dostyk-Alashankou now handles 14 trains per day

The Kazakh-Chinese border crossing Dostyk-Alashankou has increased its handling capacity. In favourable weather conditions, fourteen trains can cross on the Chinese side, while the broad gauge facility in Kazakhstan can handle twelve trains. Up till...Read more
|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen