OREANDA-NEWS.  National company "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" JSC (Astana), whose securities are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following information statement:

"...Joint-stock company "National company "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" (KTZ) has modernized the means of automatic control of the trains (KTSM).

For reducing unjustified delays in trains according to KTSM indications due to heating of case bearings jointly with the Russian producers the software KTSM-02 was updated.

The detectability of carriages with cassette-type axle bearings was improved, comments on the operation of dragging of a detail under train "Talgo" were corrected; detection of false heat signals from overheated cinder pieces or brake  pads was implemented.

Installation of the new-generation KTSM equipment substantially increases the safety of rail traffic. Over 500 modern equipment sets are currently in operation, it is said in the press-release.

KTZ – operator of main railway lines in Kazakhstan. The company's activities include passenger and cargo transportation, logistics, telecommunications, infrastructure, investment projects. The company is part of Sovereign wealth fund "Samruk-Kazyna".