Kazakhstan and China to construct a third cross-border railway

Kazakhstan and China have announced plans to construct a third cross-border railway between the two nations.

“Now it is necessary to develop new capacity between our country and China” (Photo: AdobeStock)

An agreement was signed between the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the State Committee for Development and Reform of the People’s Republic of China on the joint development of cooperation on the Ayagoz-Tacheng railway construction project.

According to the statement made by Marat Karabayev, the Minister of Transport of Kazakhstan, the memorandum includes plans for a railway line that will connect the Kazakh city of Ayagoz to the Chinese city of Tacheng along with the construction of a third railway checkpoint between Kazakhstan and China.

In addition, under the memorandum, plans have been made to construct terminal facilities in the border area.

“There are now two railway checkpoints with a capacity of 28 million tons. This year we expect them to be at full capacity. Now it is necessary to develop new capacity between our country and China.

“Therefore, with the commissioning of the third railway checkpoint, the volume of transportation between Kazakhstan and China by rail will reach 50 million tons,” said Marat Karabayev.

In addition, according to Business World Agency, an agreement has been made between the governments of Kazakhstan and China on the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, or Middle Corridor).