BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 16. Kazakhstan has
reduced passenger railcar wear to by 10% as part of rolling stock
modernization.
This was published by the press service of the Kazakh government
in a press-release, following the Chairman of the national railway
operator Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) Talgat Aldybergenov’s speech
during a cabinet meeting.
"Thanks to the acquisition of 433 locomotives over the past
three years, the problem of traction shortage in the country has
been fully resolved. This has allowed us to reduce the average wear
of mainline locomotives from 66 percent to 58 percent, while
passenger fleet wear has decreased from 46 percent to 36 percent
over the past five years," said Aldybergenov.
According to him, Kazakhstan continues the systematic renewal of
its rolling stock, including plans to purchase 754 additional
locomotives by 2030 across freight, passenger and shunting
segments.
KTZ also plans to acquire around 20,000 new freight wagons,
taking into account expected decommissioning due to service life
limits, as well as deliver 746 passenger wagons in the coming
years, the report says.
Meanwhile, Kazakhstan operates one of the largest railway
networks in Eurasia, with more than 16,000 kilometers of rail lines
linking the country with China, Russia, Central Asia and the
Caspian region. Rail transport plays a central role in Kazakhstan's
freight and transit system due to the country's vast territory and
its position on key East-West and North-South trade corridors.
In recent years, Kazakhstan has accelerated investment in
railway infrastructure as part of its strategy to strengthen its
role as a regional logistics hub. The government plans to build and
modernize about 5,000 kilometers of railways, while new transit
corridors and border-crossing projects are expected to increase
freight capacity and support growing cargo flows between China,
Europe and Central Asia.
