JSC Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty (LKZ), Kazakhstan, has delivered the first of a batch of 1520mm-gauge TE33A six-axle diesel locomotives for Turkmenistan Railways (TPK).
ALSTOM has agreed to purchase an additional 25% stake in its Kazakhstan locomotive joint venture EKZ from Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) increasing its holding to 50%, which will expand the company's scope to include maintenance activities through a dedicated facility in Astana.
KYRGYZ Railways (KTZ) signed a contract with JSC Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty (LKZ), Kazakhstan, on March 31 for a second batch of TE33A Evolution Series locomotives.
THE national railways of Russia (RZD), Kazakhstan (KTZ) and Belarus (BC), the United Transport & Logistics Company Project Office (UTLC PO), and DHL Global Forwarding have signed a MOU to develop railfreight forwarding services between China and Europe with door-to-door delivery of containers.
KAZAKHSTAN Railways (KTZ) subsidiary Passazhirskie Perevozki has awarded Talgo and its local joint venture Tuplar-Talgo a €482m contract to supply 603 coaches for long-distance services.
KAZAKHSTAN Railways (KTZ) has awarded a contract to Systra to oversee the design and construction of the country's first high-speed line. Systra has already conducted a feasibility study for the project.
KAZAKHSTAN Railways (KTZ) has selected KazElectroPrivod (KEP), a joint venture of Alstom and Kamkor, Kazakhstan, in a €90m contract to supply 10,000 point machines over a period of 10 years. Delivery will commence this year.
AN agreement has been signed in the Kazakhstan capital Astana by GE Transportation, the Remlokomotiv subsidiary of Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) and Transmashdiesel to set up a joint venture company to produce GE Evolution series engines.
PRESIDENT Nursaltan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan officially inaugurated a new locomotive manufacturing plant in Astana on December 4, in a ceremony attended by a host of national dignitaries including Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) president Mr Askar Mamin.
THE Export-Import Bank of the United States has signed a $US 425m credit agreement with Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) and its subsidiary Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty (LKZ) to finance the supply of around 200 GE Evolution Series ES44ACi diesel locomotives.
