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Logo of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route Map of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route. The Middle Corridor, also called TITR (Trans-Caspian International Transport Route), is a trade route from Southeast Asia and China to Europe via Kazakhstan, Caspian Sea (using train ferries to cross the Caspian), [1] Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. [2]
In 2009, the country began the construction of the "Western Europe - Western China" highway, which will be completed by 2013 [clarification needed]. The total length of the road will be 8,445 km (5,247 mi), of which 2,787 km (1,732 mi) will be in Kazakhstan (Aktobe, Kyzylorda, South Kazakhstan, Zhambyl and Almaty oblasts).
It runs between Hlukhiv, Ukraine and Shymkent, Kazakhstan. [1] It is 3,400 km (2,100 mi) long. The E38 is the only signposted European route in Kazakhstan. While the country has a few E-routes other than the E38, none of those were signposted. [2] Asian Highway 61 runs along the same roads but continues to Kyrgyzstan and crossing into China.
European route E40 is the longest European route, [1] more than 8,000 kilometres (4,971 miles) long, connecting Calais in France via Belgium, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan, with Ridder in Kazakhstan near the border with Russia and China.
The E125 routes through 3 countries: Russia 71A-1011/71A-1109: Ishim - Kazanskoye - border with Kazakhstan Kazakhstan A 12: Sokolovka – Petropavl – border of Russia; A 1: Petropavl - Kokshetau - Astana
Network. 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 Dostyk and at Khorgas ...
Map of the Trans-Siberian (red) and Baikal–Amur Mainline (green) Railways. The Trans-Siberian Railway and its various associated branches and supporting lines, completed in 1916, established the first rail connection between Europe and Asia, from Moscow to Vladivostok. The line, at 9,200 kilometres (5,720 mi), is the longest rail line in the ...
European Kazakhstan covers an area of over 148,000 square kilometres (57,000 sq mi), which puts Kazakhstan in 14th place in terms of territory in Europe (according to the Soviet classification of boundaries between Europe and Asia, 381,567 square kilometres (147,324 sq mi) and 7th place, respectively).