Rail transit through Kazakhstan has grown by 65% over the past five years. In the coming years, the country intends to build another 5,000 kilometers of railway tracks. The expansion of the network is accompanied by infrastructure modernization and the development of domestic engineering. Modern electric locomotives for mainline routes are manufactured in Astana. It is the only plant of its kind in Central Asia. The facility has been operating since 2012 under the management of French company Alstom. Since then, it has produced more than 450 freight and passenger electric locomotives for Kazakhstan, Central Asian countries and the CIS. The facility is now expanding its capabilities. A maintenance and overhaul center for railway equipment is being built in Astana and is scheduled to launch in 2027.
«Today, we are developing our automatization and our AI-based activities more on service business, mostly on predictive analysis of the situation and how do we prevent failure and issues to make sure that availability and safety of the local is at the top for KTZ and any of our customer. And this is what we develop in Kazakhstan,» noted Jerome Boyet, Managing Director of Alstom in Western and Central Asia.
Notably, Astana’s industrial exports exceeded $2 billion in the first half of this year, recording growth of nearly one-third. This dynamic is the result of the efforts of special economic zones and industrial parks. In the capital’s first industrial park, 103 projects have already been implemented, with work underway on another 42. The total investment in these initiatives amounts to around 74 billion tenge. Demand from major businesses is also growing. As a result, new sector-specific industrial zones will be established in Astana. Investors there will be offered special support measures.
«Incentive measures are applied and implemented in accordance with the Law On special economic zones. In addition, land plots are provided by the state, in particular by the city administration. Plans are in place to further expand Astana’s industrial potential through the development of Industrial Park No. 2, as well as a logistics park and an agro-industrial zone. These projects are scheduled to be implemented over the next two to three years,» said Sabit Mukhamedjanuly, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Astana Invest.
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