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The first test container train following the route Ukraine-Georgia-Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan-China reached the Aktau port in Kazakhstan on Jan. 24, reported the press service of the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy National Company.
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The train, which consists of 20 containers, operates in the framework of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route and connects three major ports on the Black and Caspian seas: Ilyichevsk (Ukraine), Batumi (Georgia), Alyat (Azerbaijan) and Aktau (Kazakhstan).
On the Kazakh territory, the train will pass the new railway line Zhezkazgan-Beineu-Saksaulskaya-Dostyk.
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Source: The Astana Times
