Two locomotive-building plants in Kazakhstan will supply over 140 electric and diesel locomotives in 2024, this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

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These plants are AO “Locomotive Kurastyru Zauyty” and LLC “Electric Locomotive Kurastyru Zauyty.”

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“Locomotive Kurastyru Zauyty” plans to supply 57 freight, 26 passenger, and 18 shunting diesel locomotives this year, while “Electric Locomotive Kurastyru Zauyty” will deliver 44 electric locomotives.

It is noted that since its establishment, “Locomotive Kurastyru Zauyty” has produced over 570 locomotives for AO “NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy” and for export.

The plant has a full production cycle for diesel locomotives, with a localization rate of production not less than 95%.

“Electric Locomotive Kurastyru Zauyty” manufactures electric locomotive bodies, assembled bogies, traction transformers, traction converters, low-voltage, and high-voltage cable products.

The annual capacity of the plant includes production of 100 sections of KZ8A and KZ4AT electric locomotives, 100 transformers, and over 620 units of traction system converters.

As reported earlier, Wabtec has become the sole owner of the locomotive assembly plant in Kazakhstan.

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