High-speed rail in Kazakhstan
As of 2020, no operational high-speed rail systems exist in Kazakhstan. Two links are planned â between Almaty and Astana, and an international link between Moscow and Beijing that would go through the country.
AstanaâAlmaty
[edit]In November 2013 the proposed Astana (then Nur-Sultan)âAlmaty high speed railway was postponed due to high costs and doubts over passenger numbers.[1]
Previously in March 2013, Qazaqstan Temir Zholy, the national rail company of Kazakhstan, awarded a contract to Systra to oversee the design and construction of a high-speed line from Astana, the country's capital, to Almaty, its largest city.[2][3] The line was expected to be 1,011Â km (628Â mi) long, and was supposed to travel via Karaganda and Balkhash.[2][3] A 10Â km (6.2Â mi) viaduct across Lake Balkhash was planned near Sayaq.[2][3] The trains were expected to be built by Tulpar-Talgo (a joint venture established in 2011 between Qazaqstan Temir Zholy and Spanish company Talgo),[4] with a maximum speed of 250Â km/h (155Â mph), completing the trip in five and a half hours.[2][3] The system would use Russian gauge, the same as used by Kazakhstan's existing conventional lines.[2][3]
MoscowâBeijing via Kazakhstan
[edit]In 2015, a Russian Railways official said that the Moscow-Beijing HSR line would pass through either Russia's Altai Republic or Kazakhstan. The difference in length between the two proposed routes would be 290Â km (180 miles).[5]
Tashkent-Turkistan
[edit]In 2021, the Kazakh Prime Minister Asqar Mamin announced plans to extend the high-speed rail line terminating in Tashkent, Uzbekistan across the border to Shymkent and Turkistan.[6]
References
[edit]- â Kazakhstan postpones construction of new high-speed railway Archived 2016-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, 2013-11-02
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Kazakhstan plans 1 000 km high speed line". Railway Gazette International. 2013-03-13. Archived from the original on 2013-03-17. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Kazakhstan to build first high-speed line". International Railway Journal. 2013-03-13.
- â "President Opens Train Manufacturing Plant "Tulpar-Talgo"". 2011-12-09. Archived from the original on 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
- â "Moscow-Beijing high speed rail to pass through either Kazakhstan or Altai". Interfax. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-03 â via Russia Beyond the Headlines.
- â "йаŃĐșĐ”ĐœŃ Đž ĐąŃŃĐșĐ”ŃŃĐ°Đœ ŃĐČŃĐ¶Đ”Ń ĐČŃŃĐŸĐșĐŸŃĐșĐŸŃĐŸŃŃĐœĐ°Ń Đ¶/ĐŽ ĐŒĐ°ĐłĐžŃŃŃĐ°Đ»Ń". ĐĐ°Đ·Đ”ŃĐ°.uz (in Russian). 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
