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The railway industry of Kazakhstan demonstrates steady growth: today there are 154 passenger routes in the country, 112 of which are served by JSC Passenger Transportation. The remaining routes are distributed between private operators (30 routes) and international routes (12 routes). In the first six months of 2025, 9.5 million passengers were transported by rail. As part of the rolling stock renewal since the beginning of the year, the fleet has been replenished with 60 new cars.

JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy signed a cooperation agreement with the Turkish railway operator TCDD Taşımacılık A.Ş. during the official visit of the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Turkey. The document is aimed at expanding freight traffic along the Middle Corridor route and provides for the creation of regular rail service between the two countries.

Over the past two months, 10 large container ships have passed through the Suez Canal, indicating a revival of traffic amid the 15% discount on transit fees for vessels with a displacement of 130,000 tonnes or more introduced by the Suez Canal. These measures, introduced in May for three months, are aimed at returning cargo flows that had previously gone via alternative routes. Among those that passed were six CMA CGM vessels and four MSC vessels.

On June 24, 2025, the first China-Europe Railway Express freight train from Shenzhen Pinghu South to Budapest, organized for cross-border e-commerce, was ceremoniously welcomed at the Mahart Container Center (MCC) terminal in Budapest. Its arrival was a landmark event for the development of a stable and efficient logistics corridor between China and Europe. The ceremony was attended by representatives of CRCT Europe Logistics, Sinotrans South China and Neptune Logistics Group, as well as leading logistics companies in Hungary.