KAZAKHSTAN: President Nursultan Nazarbayev opened a western extension of the Almaty metro line on April 18.
The 2·7 km extension takes the line from Alatau to Moskva with an intermediate station at Sayran. Construction started in 2011.
Two further extensions are planed: a 3·1 km section from Moskva to Sariy-Arka and Dostyk is due to open in 2017, followed by a 2·6 km extension from Dostyk to Kalkaman in 2018.
AZERBAIJAN: Alstom has delivered three trainsets for the Baku metro. Baku Metropoliten signed the order on May 12 2014. The trains, branded Oka, are based on Metrowagonmash’s Class 81-760B design and are composed of four motor cars and one trailer. They are expected to enter passenger service ...
KAZAKHSTAN: A memorandum of understanding for the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development to assist the city of Almaty in awarding a PPP contract for the development of a 'fast tram' line was signed on November 7. The planned 14 km light rail line to replace the existing tram route ...
KAZAKHSTAN: President Nursultan Nazarbayev opened the first section of the Almaty metro on December 1, and the Ministry of Transport & Communications has announced that funding has been secured to construct the second phase. The 8·5 km Phase 1 from Alatau to Rayimbeka has seven stations. Phase 2 will extend ...
