News / Kazakh Railways buys US-made locos to meet growing China-Europe demand

Kazakh Railways (KTZ) is continuing its push to usurp Russia as the operator of choice for China-Europe rail freight with a firm $405m locomotive investment and a renewed effort to resolve issues causing delays at the China-Kazakhstan border.

The order for new locomotives from US supplier Wabtec is to meet growing freight demand.

Gokhan Bayhan, Wabtec’s regional SVP for operations in the CIS, Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: “Kazakhstan has a progressive and open-thinking local ...