Planning of National Transport Infrastructure
In the Islamic Countries
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Figure 11: Development of railways in Kazakhstan until 2020
Source: TRACECA
Water Transport
For water transport, Nurly Zhol focuses on developing a multifunctional ferry transportation
system to increase the turnover of the neighbouring Caspian Littoral States (Iran, Azerbaijan)
to ensure the goods transport necessary for the western region of the country.
Civil Aviation
Nurly Zhol sets a target of serving 16.2 million passengers at the Kazakh airports in 2019, which
is an increase of 34% compared to 2010. In terms of freight transport, Nurly Zhol proposes the
standard of paperless document circulation for air freight (e-freight), which allows simplifying
procedures and speeding up the processing of air cargo.
Public Transport
Public transport in Kazakhstan is dominated by buses. As such, the public transport
development focus in Nurly Zhol is to increase the capacity of bus terminals and stations in the
city hubs such as Astana, Almaty and Aktobe. Nurly Zhol sets a target that 90% of the bus
terminals and stations in 2019 correspond to the established standards.
It is clear that the international corridors that are passing the Kazakhstan’s territory play an
important role in forming the Nurly Zhol. Projects and investments suggested in this planning
document are meant to increase the transit and export capacity of Kazakhstan by strengthening
its position in the international transport corridors.
ASTANA
ARKALYK
SHALKAR
BEINEU
SHUBARKOL
ZHEZKAZGAN
SAK SAUL’SKAYA
ALMATY
ZHETYGEN
HORGOS
DOSTYK
KAZYBEK-
BEK
UZBEKISTAN
TURKMENISTAN
RUSSIA
KYRGYZSTAN
CHINA