ASTANA, Kazakhstan, May 18. The completion of work on the construction of second tracks on the Dostyk-Moyynty railway section of Kazakhstan is planned for 2025, Trend reports, citing the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan.
According to the Ministry, the construction of the second track on the Dostyk-Moyynty railway section is being carried out according to schedule. The site employs over 450 units of special equipment and about 1,000 workers.
To lay the second line with a total length of 836 kilometers, 6.4 million cubic meters of roadbed were poured. Specialists also built 15 bridges, installed 177 pipes, and laid 406 kilometers of railway tracks.
Notably, construction on the Dostyk-Moyynty section began in November 2022. The launch of the second track will increase the throughput of the section by five times. This will make it possible to ensure uninterrupted exports of products and will significantly affect the development of the country’s transit potential.
Meanwhile, the implementation of several large-scale projects began in the field of railway transport in Kazakhstan in 2023.
In November, government statistics showed the start of building on a 74-km railway route bypassing Almaty and the Darbaza-Makataaral line. The first will reduce commodity delivery time by 24 hours and ease the Almaty railway junction by 40 percent, while the second will increase Central Asia throughput by 10 million tons.
In addition, work on the Bakhty-Ayagoz railway line, which will span 272 kilometers, began in December. The realization of this project will enhance freight turnover between Kazakhstan and China by 20 million tons.
In general, over the next 3 years, more than 1,300 km of new railways will be built in the country.