Kazakh Xi’an terminal boosts Middle Corridor traffic by 70%
The Kazakh rail terminal in Xi’an, China, has boosted freight traffic on the Middle Corridor by 70 per cent. The terminal opened for operations in…
Kazakhstan bans oil transport via rail to Russian port
Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) will ban the transportation of oil products to the Russian port of Taman starting on 8 May. KTZ issued a document sharing…
Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan form joint venture on INSTC
The railway companies of Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan have formed a new joint venture to operate rail freight services on the eastern branch of the…
KTZ prioritises Chinese relief trains to Turkey via Middle Corridor
China dispatched the first train carrying humanitarian aid products for Turkey on 29 March. This train carried fifty 40-foot containers; however, according to KTZ Express,…
KTZ Express: new India-Kazakhstan service via Iran-Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan is joining Russia in the quest to develop the eastern branch of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). The newest development is that KTZ…
Winds, snow and -20 degrees Celcius, but the trains keep running
While the Lunar Year has officially kicked off and the people in Europe have left their holidays behind, we are finding ourselves in the midst…
First Kazakhstan-Turkey train via Iran, how can it help Eurasian rail?
The first train service transiting from Kazakhstan to Turkey via Iran is already transiting. The train departed from Pavlodar in Kazakhstan a week ago and…
Cargo from Egypt reaches Kazakhstan via Middle Corridor
A bunch of 40-foot containers were transported from the port of Alexandria (Egypt) to the port of Poti (Georgia) and from there to Kazakhstan (Kostanay…
Containerised hospital on tracks in Kazakhstan
KTZ Express, an intermodal subsidiary of Kazakhstan Railways, has contributed to fighting with the coronavirus in the country. It delivered to Almaty, the largest city…