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EUROPE: International high speed train operator Eurostar announced on November 2 that Gwendoline Cazenave was stepping down as CEO. Christophe Fanichet has been appointed as CEO from December 1, with Matthieu Quyollet, Chief Financial, Strategy & Transformation Officer and deputy CEO, serving as CEO in the interim. Fa…
Kazakhstan’s security service has detained ten people in the western city of Atyrau over an alleged plan to change the constitutional order by force. Investigators also say the suspects operated three underground educational centers for children and teenagers. The National Security Committee (KNB) announced on Novembe…
Russia and Azerbaijan have signed a program to build and modernize facilities for repairing armored vehicles used by the Azerbaijani military. The agreement was announced on November 1, two days after the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) summit in Ankara, which Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev did not attend amid…
Kazakhstan sent more than four-fifths of its oil exports in 2025 through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which crosses Russia to the Black Sea. Repeated disruptions have exposed the risks of relying so heavily on a single route. While alternative shipments across the Caspian Sea are growing, volumes remain smal…
Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has proposed a program for 100 joint investment and industrial projects among members of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS). Speaking at the OTS summit in Ankara on October 30, Mirziyoyev said the “Turkic World – 100” program would support industrial cooperation and help …
A young Kazakh couple who fake a terminal illness to raise money online are at the center of Sicko , one of several Central Asian films screened at this year’s Asian Film Festival Barcelona. The festival, which concluded on November 1, also featured the award-winning Kyrgyz drama Kurak and other productions from acros…
A round-up of recent rail industry contract awards around the world, compiled by Railway Gazette International . Austria: DPB Rail Infra Service took delivery of its first Siemens Mobility dual-mode Vectron on October 8. The locomotive is approved for operation in Austria and Germany, expanding the company’s operation…
With ETCS being rolled out on several suburban networks, Australia has adopted it as the technology pathway for national interoperability in widely differing applications. A regulatory structure has been agreed, while the use of common standards is expected to reduce the need for compatibility testing, as Frank Heibel…
Shenzhen Metro Group has emerged over recent years as an increasingly active player in the development of metro, light rail and suburban projects across a swathe of emerging markets, from Algeria to Vietnam, as Benjámin Zelki explains. Embracing the expansionist ideals of China’s Belt & Road initiative, Shenzhen Metro…
Twenty years after Borat , Sacha Baron Cohen has apologized to the people of Kazakhstan. The apology became public just weeks after he used the character to promote another film. On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, released October 26, he said, “I want to apologize to the people of Kazakhstan for the first time ever.” …
A Kazakh former special forces officer and a South Korean taekwondo champion find themselves on the same side when their shared mentor disappears. Their search takes them from Kazakhstan to Seoul, where they become entangled in a dangerous conflict rooted in their teacher’s past. This is the story of KESU , a Kazakhst…
The White House recently issued a report on the transshipment of goods. It focuses on allegations that some countries with lower tariffs seek to evade U.S. tariffs on China by exporting goods that are really produced in China and only slightly modified, if at all, before further export to the U.S. The report groups mo…
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has proposed inviting Russia to cooperate with the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) or granting it observer status. He made the proposal on October 30 at the summit in Ankara, where Türkiye assumed the organization’s rotating chairmanship from Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani President…
A water tank ruptured in a construction tunnel at Tajikistan’s Rogun Hydropower Plant on October 21, sending water rushing toward workers below. While the authorities maintain no one was injured, witnesses have reported that more than five workers were hurt. The accident occurred inside the plant’s tunnel system, Asia…
On October 28 in Ankara, Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held talks in a narrow format and then with their delegations. They met less than six months after chairing the sixth bilateral High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council in Astana on May 14, suggesting a more…
Central Asia is attracting growing interest from international investors, but turning that attention into lasting economic growth will require giving the private sector more room to develop, a senior World Bank official has said. Najy Benhassine, the World Bank’s division director for Central Asia, said the region had…
In schools across Kazakhstan’s Zhambyl region, children told visiting inspectors about beatings, extortion, and threats. Some described incidents involving brass knuckles and stun guns. But reports from those same schools recorded no bullying. The scale of the problem was exposed in October 2025, when Kazakhstan’s com…
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev arrived in Ankara on October 28, the day he delivered his annual State of the Nation Address , in which he announced plans to expand transport routes between China and Europe. On October 30, he will attend the 13th summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS). Turkey is prep…
TURKEY: Infrastructure investment agency AYGM has called tenders for the modernisation, resignalling and electrification of the 825 km double-track main line between Divriği and the border with Georgia. This constitutes the eastern half of Turkey’s section of the Middle Corridor. Work on upgrading and electrifying the…
Turkmenistan hosted a meeting of the Caspian Sea littoral states to discuss cooperation on marine scientific research, part of a wider effort by the Central Asian country to promote regional collaboration over the fragile, strategic body of water. Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said delegates discussed a d…
AZERBAIJAN: National railway ADY has signed a contract for China’s CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive to supply four electric inter-city trainsets to support its efforts to modernise the fleet and expand rail connections across the country. The agreement was signed on October 27 by ADY Chairman Rovshan Rustamov and Wang Qiaolin,…
Eighty years after Winston Churchill described an Iron Curtain dividing Europe from Stettin to Trieste, another geopolitical rivalry is emerging across the Middle East, with the swing states of Central Asia and the South Caucasus poised to play a pivotal role. From Gwadar to the Golden Horn, the new Mecca Pact brings …
Kazakhstan plans to spend 6.5 trillion tenge (about $14.3 billion) from its National Fund on infrastructure projects by 2029 and eliminate its electricity shortage in the same period, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced in his annual State of the Nation Address on October 28. The president also outlined plans to…
Kraken, a cryptocurrency exchange based in the United States, has received preliminary approval to operate in the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC). The company plans to launch a trading platform in Kazakhstan and hold digital assets on customers’ behalf. However, trading through Kraken’s local subsidiary i…
SPAIN: Investigations have begun into a collision between two high speed trains near Toledo that has left at least 64 people dead, according to Transport Minister Óscar Puente. The incident occurred on the same high speed corridor as the fatal accident at Adamuz earlier this year. The collision south of Toledo occurre…
United States President Donald Trump has reaffirmed his support for Kazakhstan’s independence and territorial integrity and said he looks forward to meeting President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the Group of Twenty (G20) summit in December. The remarks were made in a congratulatory message marking Kazakhstan’s Republic D…
Недельный обзор новостей мирового сектора городского рельсового транспорта: контракты Siemens Mobility в Эр-Рияде, тендер на метро Линии F в Буэнос-Айресе, кредит АБР на модернизацию метро Баку и другие проекты в разных странах.
Новость представляет собой общий обзор проектов городского метро и трамвая в разных странах, без новых событий по Транскаспийскому маршруту. Упоминание Баку касается только кредита ABR на модернизацию местного метро и не затрагивает грузовые перевозки по Среднему коридору.
Испанская Renfe выбрала Siemens Mobility победителем контракта на поставку 30 высокоскоростных составов с расчётной скоростью 350 км/ч. Стоимость составила 1,218 млрд евро; поезда заменят 23 состава серии 100 и будут работать на линиях Мадрид — Барселона и Севилья.
Новость касается внутреннего испанского рынка высокоскоростных поездов и не связана с Транскаспийским маршрутом. Прямого влияния на перевозки по Среднему коридору нет.
Кабинет министров Нидерландов остановил выделение 270 млн евро на модернизацию пропускной способности RandstadRail и метро Роттердама. Закупка подвижного состава продолжится, но планы увеличения числа рейсов под угрозой.
Новость касается городских метро и трамвайных сетей в Нидерландах (RandstadRail, метро Роттердама) и не относится к Транскаспийскому маршруту. Прямого влияния на перевозки по Среднему коридору нет.
Кыргызстан планирует расширить охраняемые природные территории по проекту стратегии на 2026–2035 годы, включив в них высокогорные ледники, скалистые участки и государственные лесные земли. Документ опубликован для общественного обсуждения 26 октября.
Новость касается природоохранной политики Кыргызстана и не затрагивает узлы или участки Среднего коридора. Прямого влияния на перевозки по маршруту она не оказывает.