The container train in transit travels for the first time via Xi'an (China) - Izmit (Turkey) route through Kazakhstan on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), local media reported, citing Kazakhstan’s KTZ Express National Company.

The potential for growth in trade of the Trans-Caspian route ranges from $646 billion to $922 billion by 2020, which is equivalent to 300,000 containers in cargo capacity, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Kazakhstan Railways Maksat Kabashev told Trend.

The potential for growth in trade of the Trans-Caspian route ranges from $646 billion to $922 billion by 2020, which is equivalent to 300,000 containers in cargo capacity, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Kazakhstan Railways Maksat Kabashev told Trend.

Polish PKP PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa (PKP LHS) company has started testing a new route to China, which will run through the territory of Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, the Center for Transport Strategies announced.

Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have a great interest in the Trans-Caspian transport route, said Ablay Myrzakhmetov.

Single tariffs for cargo transportation along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route will be determined in the near future, Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov told reporters in Baku on Apr. 1.

Baku hosted a protocol-signing ceremony as part of the meeting of the Commonwealth of Legal Entities of the "Trans-Caspian transport corridor" association on April 1.

The staff of the “Trans-Caspian International Transport Route” association will be fully formed until late 2017, Head of Kazakhstan Railways National Company Kanat Alpysbayev told reporters in Baku.