Press service news
Press releases of the press service of Irad Temir Jolu. Day-to-day notices to passengers and shippers are published on the home page and the freight page. Questions from the press: press@railways.iradgov.org.
2026
The commission of the enterprise has accepted the readiness of the railway for winter. The snow-clearing trains of the three track distances are on standby, the point heaters have been tested at Nurzhan, Aulie-Ata Junction and…
By order No. 112-P of 14 October 2026, from 1 November until 31 March train 6005 will leave Nurzhan for Akjol at 17:10 instead of 17:50 and train 6006 will leave Akjol at 18:35 instead of 19:15, so that passengers reach the…
Railway Workers' Day falls this year on Sunday 2 August. On Saturday 1 August, from 10:00 to 14:00, the Nurzhan depot will be open to staff, their families and school pupils: visitors may climb into the cab of a 2TE10 locomotive…
From 1 June 2026 a new passenger timetable comes into force. Train No. 1 will leave Talas at 07:40 and train No. 2 will leave Nurzhan at 08:05; the two trains cross at passing loop No. 17. The journey by the lowland line takes…
2025
At the annual meeting with Kazakhstan Temir Zholy the through tariffs and the numbers of wagons for 2026 were agreed for the exchange at the Talas North Terminal and the Nurzhan rail border station. The plan follows the…
From 26 May to 6 June staff of the track distances and patrols of the Gendarmerie will check the observance of the rules at level crossings on the Chu line and the Talas branch. Drivers must stop before the crossing when the…
2024
On the eve of Railway Workers' Day, Sunday 4 August, the Director-General signed an order thanking the staff of the enterprise. Thirty-five workers received certificates of honour and bonuses; the best locomotive crew of the year…
The enterprise has published its Annual Report for 2023. In the year the railway carried about 5.5 million tonnes of freight and about 180,000 passengers. Most of the freight went to or came from the Kazakh network: refined…
2023
Twelve students of the technical school of the Nurzhan depot passed their examinations as assistant drivers of diesel locomotives. The course lasted ten months and included practice on the 2TE10 and TEM2 locomotives under…
2022
The track and structures service has finished this year's renewal of the Chu line between Lugovoy and Karasu, where 22 km of track were relaid on concrete sleepers. The speed restrictions on the section have been lifted.
2021
The commission of the enterprise has accepted the railway's readiness for work in winter. Snow ploughs and snow-clearing trains have been checked at the three track distances, the points at the main stations have been fitted with…
2020
In accordance with the quarantine regime, the enterprise has taken measures to protect passengers and staff. Station halls and carriages are disinfected after every journey, staff who meet the public wear masks, and passengers…
2019
The last two of the four new shunting locomotives were put into service at the Nurzhan Rail Freight Depot on 3 December. The Minister of Transport, Oleg Rudenko, attended the handing over at the depot.
The first two of four new Chinese-built shunting locomotives bought by the enterprise this year arrived at the Nurzhan depot through the Nurzhan rail border station. They are the first new locomotives on the railway since the…
2018
Before the school holidays, staff of the track distances and the stations are visiting schools in Nurzhan, Akjol, Karasu and Kara-Bulak to talk to pupils about safety on the railway. Walking along the track, crossing in front of…
In January 2008 the State Enterprise Irad Temir Jolu was formed from the Territorial Railway Administration. In ten years it has kept the daily train between Talas and Nurzhan running, opened the refrigerated container sidings of…
2017
The waiting hall of Talas station reopened on 2 October after the repair of its roof, which began in June. During the work, tickets were sold from the left-luggage room. The hall has been repainted and its benches renewed.
On Railway Workers' Day, which falls this year on Sunday 6 August, the management of the railway thanked its staff and veterans. Forty workers of the depot, the track distances and the stations received certificates of honour and…
2016
From 25 August the railway is placing covered hopper wagons for grain at Kara-Bulak, beside the silos, every day. Shippers who have not yet given their September orders should do so at the commercial office by 30 August.
For the Nooruz holiday, on 19, 20 and 22 March trains No. 1 and No. 2 will run with two extra platskart carriages. Tickets for the extra seats are on sale at the windows at Talas and Nurzhan now.