3 new high-speed trains to be launched in Kazakhstan
18:55, 9 September 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - High-speed trains on three routes will be launched before the yearend, according to the press service of "Passenger transportation" JSC.
Three high-speed trains including "Astana - Kyzylorda", "Astana-Ust-Kamenogorsk" and "Almaty-Ust-Kamenogorsk" will be launched until the end of this year. 13,6 mln passengers travelled by train for the past 8 months of 2013. 5,9 mln of them travelled for the past three summer months that is 27,000 passengers more as compared to the previous year. High-speed trains carried 298,000 passengers over June-August this year that is 76,000 more against the last year.
122 new routes were launched to transport passengers by rail in summer, "Passenger transportation" JSC said.