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Khorgos dry port
Khorgos, Kazakhstan44.20°N 80.40°E
computed criticality28/100
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China-Kazakhstan land gate of the Belt and Road
2023Corridor traffic≈ 24 trains/day (~ 8,700/year, all destinations)
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Accumulated at the measured rate since 1 January 2024 · 2024, RailFreight citing KTZ (8,730 trains). The Khorgos Gateway dry port handled over 372,000 TEU in 2025.
What passes hereOne of the two main China-Kazakhstan rail crossings, with Dostyk. The count covers all directions, not only China-Europe.
The chokepointBreak of gauge, Chinese 1,435 mm meeting Kazakh and CIS 1,520 mm. Containers craned between gauges.
If it closesDostyk-Alashankou, the other China-Kazakhstan gate, older and higher-volume. The Middle Corridor via the Caspian.
Illustrative counter: it extrapolates the measured average rate, it is not a live feed.Source : RailFreight / KTZ, 2024 ↗
Fault line
The main rail crossing between China and Central Asia, where the overland corridors to Europe converge. A logistics bet hanging on a single border.
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estimation, secteur ferroviaire 2023estimate