AKIPRESS.COM - Container trains have started operating from India to Kazakhstan, transiting through Uzbekistan, according to the press service of "Uztemiryulcontainer", Kun.uz reported. 

The new route was organized with the participation of "Uztemiryulcontainer," a subsidiary of "Uzbekistan Railways," along with "Kedentransservice" and the Transport and Logistics Center of Turkmenistan (TLCT). The 4,885 km journey consists of 12 standard 20-foot containers passing through four countries.

Of the total distance, 1,585 km will be covered by sea from India's Mundra port to Iran’s Bandar Abbas. The containers will then be transferred to platforms and cross three borders — at Serakhs, Farab, and Keles — before reaching Sorokovaya station in Astana.