Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 10
By Elena Kosolapova - Trend:
The next dispatch of Kazakh locomotives of the fifth generation of TE33A of the Evolution series is ready for shipment to Azerbaijan, said the press service of the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (Kazakh Railways) company.
An agreement on the supply of 10 locomotives to Azerbaijan was signed between Azerbaijan Railways CJSC and Kazakh Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty JSC in August 2015. The first part of Kazakh locomotives was delivered to Baku in August as well.
Vice President of the Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty JSC Kanat Nuraly said that in accordance with the agreement, the company will deliver two locomotives to Baku monthly.
"The agreement is intended for the period before late January 2016," he said.
As part of implementation of Kazakh new economic policy "Nurly Zhol", the country develops the export of products of the transport mechanical engineering. Currently, the engines of local Kazakh producers are successfully being exploited on the railroads of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, as well as Turkmenistan.
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