Talgat Aldybergenov, Chairman of the Management Board of JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, presented the company’s performance results at a meeting of the Public Council of JSC Samruk-Kazyna. For the year 2025, the national railway operator demonstrated growth across all key operational and financial indicators. Freight turnover increased by 7%, traffic volume rose by 6%, transit shipments grew by 20%, and export shipments by 7%. The company’s revenue for the year increased by 27%, while net profit grew 2.1-fold. This positive trend continued into the first quarter of 2026.
One of KTZ’s key priorities remains the renewal of its rolling stock. Between 2023 and 2025, the company acquired 433 locomotives, a move that enabled it to reduce the wear rate of its locomotive fleet from 66% to 58%, boost productivity, and improve network operational performance. The modernization of the passenger sector is also ongoing: over the past two years, the wear rate of passenger carriages has dropped from 46% to 36%, and plans are in place to further expand the fleet with another 746 new carriages by 2030.
Concurrently, KTZ is implementing a major railway infrastructure development program. Currently, construction is underway on approximately 900 km of new railway lines, alongside the modernization of around 3,000 km of existing tracks, which includes the installation of automatic block signaling systems. Key projects include the Darbaza–Maktaaral, Moyinty–Kyzylzhar, and Bakhty–Ayagoz lines, as well as the Almaty station bypass railway line. Several modernized sections – including Kyzylzhar–Sekseul, Altynkol–Zhetigen, and Aksu–Zhana-Semey – have already been commissioned ahead of schedule.