Qazaqstan Temir Zholy

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy

Type
Industry	Transport
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Astana, Kazakhstan
Area served	Kazakhstan
Key people	Askar Mamin (chairman)
Revenue	KZT 11 billion (2009)
Operating income	KZT 145,8 billion (2012)
Net income	KZT 113,3 billion (2012)
Number of employees	155,134 (2012)
Parent	Samruk-Kazyna
Website	www.railways.kz

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ; Kazakh: Қазақстан Темiр Жолы (ҚТЖ)), also National Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, is the national railway company of Kazakhstan.

100% of KTZ's shares are owned by the state through the Samruk-Kazyna fund. Adamas Ilkyavichyus - Chairman of the Board of Directors JSC "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" - Kazakhstan National Railways, Member of the Modernisation / Transformation Board. Askar_Mamin - Management Board of "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" JSC.

Founded by the government in 2002 as a KTZ’s task is to develop, operate, and maintain railway transportation in Kazakhstan. It is headquartered in Astana. Related stock companies own the , the hauling equipment, and the passenger transport division. Repair facilities have been privatized. Private companies may own or rent rolling stock that can use the rail system.

The current rail network is based on the inheritance from the former Soviet Union and as such has a broad gauge of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ²⁷⁄₃₂ in). While this provides a smooth transit at international borders to countries of the former Soviet Union, the railway in China has the standard gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in); thus there is a break-of-gauge at the eastern borders at Dostyk and at Korgas.

KTZ controls about 15,000 km (9,300 mi) track (2005) which is being expanded. The Kazakhstan sections of the old Trans-Aral Railway, the Trans-Caspian railway, and the Turkestan-Siberia Railway have become incorporated into the KTZ. 3000 km are electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz AC.