Iran-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan-China Rail Transport Route Resumes Operation

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KTZ Express, a subsidiary of Kazakhstan’s national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), and China Railway Container Transport Co. Ltd. have resumed the operation of  container trains on the Iran-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan-China route.

As reported by KTZ’s press service, representatives of Iran, China, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan attended a ceremony on July 21 at Iran’s Aprin station to mark the departure of a container train to China.

The train, consisting of 50 forty-foot containers, will arrive in China within 12 days.

This shipment marks the restoration of the transport corridor, strengthening trade relations between participating countries.

Sergey Kwan

Sergey Kwan

Sergey Kwan has worked for The Times of Central Asia as a journalist, translator and editor since its foundation in March 1999. Prior to this, from 1996-1997, he worked as a translator at The Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, and from 1997-1999, as a translator at The Central Asian Post.
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Kwan studied at the Bishkek Polytechnic Institute from 1990-1994, before completing his training in print journalism in Denmark.

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