First high-speed passenger train produced in Kazakhstan to be launched 2011
ASTANA. January 10. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ The first high-speed train of the passenger cars produced in Kazakhstan is expected to be put into service this year. President of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy NC JSC Askar Mamin has informed of it at the sitting of the board of the Ministry of Transport and Communications today.
According to A. Mamin, the Company had implemented a new logistics model in order to organize high-speed passenger service. This model will let increasing the speed of passenger service and the length of networks with high-speed train operation.
"Taking this into consideration, we have set to construction of a passenger cars production plant together with Spain's Talgo Company. Per annum capacity of the plant is 150 cars. The first train assembled at this plant will be put into service this year", A. Mamin noted.