ASTANA, Kazakhstan, October 3. The volume of average daily loading on the Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ, national company) network increased by 6.7 percent in September compared to the same period last year, Trend reports.
The KTZ network has met all the key indicators of organizing the transportation process. During September of this year, the total number of railcars on the network decreased by 10 percent and reached 91,000 units.
An excess number of railcars affects the movement of goods and passenger trains and the speed of transportation. Railway workers managed to speed up the railcar turnover by 1.1 days, or 16 percent. This is the best figure since the beginning of the year.
The average daily locomotive productivity was also improved by 2.1 percent, the average daily locomotive mileage by 2.6 percent, the average sectional train speed by 1.9 percent and the average technical speed by 1.2 percent. All this made it possible to improve the loading capabilities of the main network.
Freight turnover on the Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) network has increased to 179.1 billion net tons from January through August 2023, which is 7.7 percent higher than the same period last year.
More than 69 million tons of coal were transported by rail. Of these, 48 million tons were shipped throughout the republic, and 20.8 million tons were exported.
Over the past period, over 43.1 million tons were delivered to the thermal power plants, which is 950,000 tons more than the same period last year. Over 4.8 million tons of household coal were transported, which corresponds to the 2022 level.
Grain loading from January through August 2023 amounted to more than 7.7 million tons, which is 45 percent more than the same figure in 2022.