Kazakhstan Railways’ Passenger Transportation JSC is experiencing a shortage of wagons during periods of high demand, this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

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According to the company’s CEO, Zhanibek Taizhanov, the company currently has 2,150 wagons at its disposal, of which around 400 are old and lack air conditioning systems.

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In 2023, KTZ signed a contract with the Kazakhstan-based ZIKSTO factory for the delivery of 150 new wagons.

As of April 2023, the factory had delivered 88 new wagons manufactured in Kazakhstan.

In the first half of 2024, another 50 wagons were delivered, and by June, an additional 12 wagons are expected to be delivered.

Additionally, this year KTZ signed an agreement for the supply of another 157 wagons from ZIKSTO.

Besides the wagons produced in Kazakhstan, KTZ is also anticipating the start of deliveries of Stadler wagons, which will begin production in 2025.

According to the procurement plan, the company aims to acquire 700 passenger wagons by 2030.

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