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Uzbekistan completes railway line bypassing Tajikistan

TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbek media report that Uzbekistan has completed the construction of the Angren-Pap electrified railway line that connects three provinces located in the Uzbek part of the Fergana Valley (Andijan, Namangan, and Fergana oblasts) to Uzbekistan’s mainland, bypassing neighboring Tajikistan.      Continue reading

Kazakhstan and Iran to boost railway cooperation

ASTANA (TCA) — A delegation of Kazakhstan’s national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), headed by the company’s President Askar Mamin, on February 21 and 22 visited Iran to discuss joint construction of a cargo terminal in Iran’s port of Bandar Abbas and a dry port at the Incheburun rail station on the border between Turkmenistan and Iran, the press service of KTZ said.    Continue reading

Alstom increases stake in JV producing locomotives in Kazakhstan

ASTANA (TCA) — France’s Alstom and the Kazakh national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) have closed the deal of Alstom’s acquisition of an additional 25% in the EKZ joint venture (JV), created in 2010 by Alstom, KTZ and Transmashholding (TMH) to produce electric locomotives in Kazakhstan, Alstom said on February 11.    Continue reading

First container train from China enters Iran through Turkmenistan

ASHGABAT (TCA) — The first regular container train running from China through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to Iran on February 10 entered Iran through Turkmenistan’s Serahs rail station, the State Information Agency of Turkmenistan reported.   Continue reading

First container train links China and Iran

BISHKEK (TCA) — A container train linking China and Iran departed from Yiwu City in east China's Zhejiang Province loaded with Chinese small commodities on January 28, Xinhua reported. Continue reading

Kyrgyzstan chooses route for railway to China

BISHKEK (TCA) — After the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is constructed, Kyrgyzstan will have access to sea and become a transit country, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Temir Sariyev said on Kyrgyz national radio this week. Currently, the railway track gauge is being discussed with the Chinese side, he added. Continue reading