The rolling stock of Kazakhstan will be renewed using funds from the pension fund, this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

The rolling stock of Kazakhstan

In Kazakhstan, 173 billion tenge ($382 million) from the pension fund has been allocated for the purchase of 3300 freight and passenger wagons.

This was announced by the Minister of National Economy Nurlan Baybazarov at a press conference.

According to him, the purchase of each freight wagon costs 30 million – 35 million tenge ($0.07 million – $0.08 million), and a passenger one costs 700 million – 800 million tenge ($1.55 million – $1.77 million).

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