Urumqi-Astana through train

Urumqi-Astana through train, 053Ц/054Ц from Astana to Aqtogai, 013Х/014ЦТ from Aqtogai to Dostyk and K9797/9798 in China is an international train operated by KTJ Tselinograd since 27 May 2008, it is the second Sino-Kazakhstan international train after the Urumqi-Almaty route. The travel distance of the train is 1898 km, which the journey lasts for 38.5 hrs. And the return journey lasts for 38 hrs 48 mins.

History The construction of Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway was completed in 1990 and connected to the Soviet Turksib to form the New Eurasian Land Bridge. However, due to lack of passenger services between China and Europe, the Sino-European transport is limited until the Urumqi-Almaty through train commenced in 1992. With the moving of capital to Astana in 1997, China and Kazakhstan begin to evaluate the possibility of operating a new train route from Astana.中哈开行首趟阿斯塔纳至乌鲁木齐国际旅客列车. 隧道网. 2008年6月4日.

Due to rapid development of Xinjiang as an entreport of Central Asia. The original aviation and land transport did not met the demand, thus the importance raised for a second international railway.

In May 2008, China and Kazakhstan agreed on opening a new train route between Astana and Urumqi, and went into trial operations on 21 May 2008.阿斯塔纳—乌鲁木齐列车首发. 亚心网. 2008年5月30日. On 27 May 2008, the train commenced operations as 053Ц/054Ц in Kazakhstan and N897/898 in China, the train is operated by KTJ Tselinograd and change bogies at Dostyk. The train operates one return journey.

From 1 April 2009, CR reschedule N897/898 to K9797/9798 as a part of reschedule.

Due to Astana World Expo in 2017, train 053Ц/054Ц changed the Kazakhstan termini to Astana Nurly Zhol station.

From 20 March 2019, the Kazakhstan termini Astana is renamed to Nur-Sultan until its revert in 2022.

From 2020, due to COVID-19, all services will terminate at Dostyk and the Chinese section is suspended.

Train composition The train are operated with German made Russian MECT coaches, which there will be four platzkart coaches under KTJ Tselinograd.乌鲁木齐-阿斯塔纳国际列车硬卧票价597元. 天山网. 2008年5月30日. In addition, the train will be detached and joined with the Urumqi-Almaty train at Aqtogai.

Due to gauge differences between two countries, all KTJ trains will change bogies at Dostik. The passengers will alight the train and wait at the forementioned stations for about 3 hours to complete a full immigration clearance. SectionAstana↔UrumqiCoaches5-8TypeМЕСТ-36 36 pax PlatzkartOperatorKTJ Tselinograd

Loco shift SectionUrumqi↔AlashankouAlashankou↔DostikDostyk↔MoyintyMoyinty↔AstanaLoco Operator

ShiftHXD1D CR Urumqi

Urumqi driverDF8B CR Urumqi

Alashankou driverTE33A DL KTJ

KTJ driverVL80S KTJ

KTJ driver

Schedule

Kazakhstan time is 2 hours behind China

054Ц/013Х/K9798StopK9797/014ЦТ/053ЦTrain no.DayArrivalDepartureDepartureArrivalDayTrain no.054ЦDay 1—16:58Astana13:01—Day 3053Ц17:5318:18Vyshnevka12:0512:0718:5218:53Osakarovka11:2711:3219:5019:51Myrza10:1010:3020:2120:36Karaganda Marshalling Yard08:5709:1220:5921:19Karaganda08:0908:3222:4623:07Zarik06:3306:34Day 200:3400:49Akadyr05:1905:3602:2702:57Moyinty03:0903:4104:4204:57Balqash 101:0901:2405:0505:15Balqash 200:5101:0107:4407:59Sayak22:0922:25Day 2054Ц/013Х10:3011:23Aqtogai18:2819:35014ЦТ/053Ц013Х13:3113:46Beskol16:0616:21014ЦТ14:2914:34Akshi15:1915:2415:3315:38Zalangaskol13:3813:43013Х/K979816:3519:50Dostyk09:2012:40K9797/014ЦТ↑ （KST UTC+06:00） / （CST UTC+08:00） ↓K9798Day 222:1023:50Alashankou08:0011:00Day 2K9797Day 308:54—Urumqi—23:33Day 1

See also

Urumqi-Almaty through train New Eurasia Land Bridge

References