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Alstom recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan’s state asset holding company Samruk to negotiate contracts for several rail projects.

Among them: A contract with Kazakh railway maintenance company Kamkor to modernize 145 VL-80 electric locomotives. Alstom would supply new components, such as transformers and asynchronous motors.

Alstom also is negotiating a contract to supply and maintain four Pendolino high-speed tilting trainsets to run between Astana and Almaty.