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Kazakhstan Railways KTZ

July 17, 2026 | Financial

Kazakhstan Railways plans IPO early next year

A quarter of KTZ’s common shares will be listed in Astana, London and Hong Kong.

July 7, 2026 | Asia

Kazakhstan Railways signs raft of freight agreements

Four agreements totalling $US 462m were signed in June.

January 14, 2026 | Asia

Kazakhstan secures finance for Almaty bypass

Up to $US 300m will be provided to ease bottleneck on Middle Corridor between China and Europe.

December 1, 2025 | Freight

New timetable for China - Europe freight services

Seven new routes added to bring total train movements to over 1000 a year.

August 22, 2025 | Infrastructure

Kazakhstan accelerates infrastructure work

Five new lines under construction as existing network is upgraded to increase capacity.

July 29, 2025 | Infrastructure

Kazakhstan secures infrastructure loan

Financing for upgrades along Trans-Kazakhstan corridor.

July 17, 2025 | Freight

China develops Trans-Caspian freight route

MoUs signed with Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan to increase cooperation.

June 20, 2025 | Fleet

Kazakhstan’s first Chinese shunting locomotives ready for service

CRRC is supplying Kazakhstan State Railways with 100 shunting and 100 mainline locomotives under a 2023 contract.

June 2, 2025 | Freight

Kazakhstan wants to liberalise freight operations

Legislation enacting the change is expected to be introduced by the end of 2026.

May 15, 2025 | Freight

Six nations to develop China - Europe container traffic

Senior rail managers from China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Turkey meet in Tehran.

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