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KTZ: 14 new locomotives joined the KTZ Freight Transportation fleet in October
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Kazakhstan's locomotive fleet has added electric, mainline diesel and shunting locomotives, TravelPress.kz and UrbanExpert.kz reported on 10 November 2026, citing the press service of NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy.
In October 2026 KTZ's subsidiary KTZ Freight Transportation received 14 new locomotives:
- 3 electric locomotives built by Elektrovoz Kurastyru Zauyty — to the Astana locomotive depot;
- 2 mainline diesel locomotives built by Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty — to the Ayagoz depot, and 4 more to the Esil depot;
- 5 shunting diesels from Chinese manufacturer CRRC — split between the Karaganda and Astana depots.
KTZ said the fleet renewal should improve freight reliability and train safety, cut operating costs and improve working conditions for locomotive crews.
Traction is one of the conditions for steady transit times on wagon and container shipments. Gateway Logistics provides rail forwarding in wagons, containers and on container flatcars: Khorgos — Almaty, Astana and all regions of Kazakhstan, plus Khorgos/Altynkol and Dostyk — Alashankou to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran and Turkmenistan.
Source: UrbanExpert.kz, 10 November 2026.