Up to 6 million tons of cargo will be transported via new railway running to Turkmenistan
Some 5-6 million tons of cargo will be transported through a new
railway section which linked Kazakh Bolashak and Turkmen
Serhetyaka, spokesman for the Kazakh railways Elena Trifonova told
Trend news agency.
"The forecast for 2015-2017 is 5-6 million tons of cargo, including
export, import and transit," Trifonova said.
This section is a part of the transnational rail corridor, which
will connect Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran and allow the
delivery of different goods to the Persian Gulf region. According
to the existing agreements between the three countries, the project
is currently at the final stage of implementation.
According to Trifonova, the entire corridor will be launched when
Iran completes all construction operations on its territory.
The opening ceremony of the Bolashak- Serhetyaka trans-border rail
section took place last week. It is the shortest railway link
between the two countries.
As it was announced at the meeting of the Kazakh and Turkmen
presidents, grain, oil and oil products constitute the main part of
cargo to be shipped through this section. Its capacity will hit 10
million tons per year.
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