Within the framework of the expansion of international transport corridors, the first container train was launched, connecting India and Kazakhstan via Turkmenistan.
The project was implemented with the support of three major transport and logistics operators in the region: JSC UztemirYulKonteyner, OJSC TULM (Transport and Logistics Center of Turkmenistan) and JSC Kedentransservice, Uzbekistan Railways reports.
The train, which included 12 twenty-foot containers, departed from the Indian port of Mundra and is heading to Sorokova station in Kazakhstan.
The route passes through the territories of Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, covering a total of 5 885 kilometers: 1 585 km by sea and 4 300 km by rail.
It is worth noting that this transport corridor has already been successfully used for container transportation from India to Uzbekistan along the Mundra-Sergeli route, but now it has been expanded to Kazakhstan for the first time.
It is noted that it is planned to organize the dispatch of container trains along the India-Central Asia multimodal corridor on a regular basis.
