KTZ has launched the construction of a second rail track on a 110 km section of the Almaty 1-Shu line, the company said. The construction of the second track will increase the capacity of the line with more freight trains travelling between China and the Persian Gulf, Europe and Turkey.
The project will enable KTZ to run up to seven additional container trains a day, as well as increase the number of passenger trains. The project envisages the construction of 10 new bridges and the extension of 12 existing bridges. The first stage of the project on a 58.2 km-long section will be commissioned in November 2016.
The Kazakh government intends to cut travel time on its railway network between China’s Eastern borders to 11 days, while the travelling time on these destinations take 44 days by sea and 14 days by using Trans-Siberian railway.
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