Beineu, November 5. Construction of a new railway station of 3,500 square metres is nearing completion in the Beineu district of the Mangystau region, the regional administration reported: Mangystau Region Governor Nurdaulet Kilybay inspected the site, and the building is due to open before the end of the year.
The new building is 15 times larger than the old station. It has three floors, construction began in 2025 and the contractor is JJ Construction LLP. Interior finishing and the installation of engineering systems are about 90% done, with more than 130 workers and 15 units of special equipment on site. The station will be able to serve 1,300 passengers at once, with escalators and lifts, and the second floor will house a café, retail kiosks, boutiques and co-working and rest areas.
The governor told the contractor not to slow the pace, to observe quality and safety requirements, to finish construction, installation and landscaping on time and to file the documents for commissioning the facility in good time.
What it means: The station, in its second year of construction, is close to completion: less than two months remain to the deadline, and finishing and utilities are nearly nine-tenths ready. The cost of the construction and who pays for it are not stated in the report.
Who benefits: Passengers, who will get a building for 1,300 people instead of the old small one, and the district, which gains new transport infrastructure. The administration has set the contractor a firm deadline.
Background: Beineu is a district centre in western Kazakhstan, in the Mangystau region. Commissioning is the procedure in which a commission accepts a completed facility and permits its use.
