China, Kazakhstan agree on light railway project

2015-05-20 16:39:25
Summary:ChinaRailwayGroupLimited(CRG)hassignedaframeworkagreementwithanLRTcompanyinKazakhstan& 39;scapitaltohelpbuildanewlightrailwaytrans

 China Railway Group Limited (CRGhas signed a frameworkagreement with an LRT company in Kazakhstan's capital to help build a new lightrailway transportation system.

The new deal will see 22.4 kilometers of rail built in Astanawith 18 stations andone depotThe designated speed for trains running on the light rail will be 80kilometers per hourthe Chinese company said late Friday.

China Railway International Groupa CRG subsidiaryand the Beijing State-owned Assets Management Cowill form a Chinese consortium for the project.

China will also provide 19 trains for the projectCRG saidwithout disclosingdetails of the project's total value.

Under the framework agreementthe project is expected to be finished by 2017when Astana hosts Expo 2017.


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