Kazakhstan has upgraded one of its most important rail border crossings. The investment helps to boost capacity on the Asia-Europe rail routes and reduce congestion.
China – Europe rail traffic is growing, and that means that infrastructure needs to grow along with it. That became painfully evident when border crossings…
A record volume of rail freight was transported into China from Kazakhstan in 2024. The number amounted to 32 million tonnes, up by 13 per…
Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) has stopped accepting new cargo as well as the transfer of empty wagons between Altynkol and Dostyk, two of the main border…
The use of railways to transport Kazakh grain exported to China has increased four times between September 2022 and June 2023, compared to the same…
Rail freight traffic between China and Kazakhstan will be redirected through the Altynkol-Khorgos border crossing. Most of the affected traffic will concern cargo between China…
The disturbance caused to Silk Road traffic a few days ago because of an alleged malfunction of three cranes in Altynkol seems to have been…
Early in the morning of Tuesday, 11 October, two of the three cranes operating in the Altynkol terminal on the Kazakh-Chinese border broke down, making…
The Khorgos Gateway dry port in Kazakhstan commissioned a new set of 1435mm rail tracks in its facilities. With the new tracks, the busy terminal…