Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Astana, is the wholly state-owned national railway operator of Kazakhstan, held under the Samruk-Kazyna sovereign wealth fund. It runs the country's passenger and freight network and is a backbone of the China-Europe Eurasian rail transit corridors crossing Central Asia.
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Profile last updated: 26 Jun 2026. Sourced from Wikidata (CC0) and the company's public website. Data policy.
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