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Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov held a meeting dedicated to the implementation of key investment projects in the transport sector. According to the Ministry of Transport, in 2025, reconstruction will cover 13 thousand kilometers of roads and 6.1 thousand kilometers of railways. Six airports are also being modernized and two initiatives in the water sector are being implemented.

According to the results of January-May 2025, the volume of freight transportation on the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) network reached 107 million tons, which is 4.4% more than the same period last year. Domestic transportation amounted to 68.7 million tons, exports grew by 11.4% – to 38 million tons.

Leasing company Alpha Trains and operator VIAS Rail GmbH (part of the RATH Group) have signed a contract for the lease of 14 five-car Stadler FLIRT1 electric multiple units, which will start running on the Emscher Express (ENE) routes in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia from December 2026. The agreements with the VRR and NWL transport authorities are calculated until the end of 2030.

In January-May 2025, 22.2 million tons of cargo were transported by rail to Ukrainian seaports. This was reported by Valeriy Tkachev, Deputy Director of the Department of Transportation Technology and Commercial Work of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, during the Ukrainian Transport Forum in Odessa. All currently operating ports are located in the Odessa region – these are the ports of “Greater Odessa” and the Danube harbors.

JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy begins the introduction of shunting locomotives of the SKD6s series from the Chinese company CRRC Ziyang – the first machines have already arrived in Kazakhstan, successfully passed certification and have been transferred into operation to the subsidiary KTZ-Freight Transportation.