Abstract. In September 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping launched the «One Belt, One Road» initiative, proposing to combine land and sea trade routes to ensure fast and economical delivery of goods to countries in Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. As part of this initiative, it is planned to integrate two projects—the Silk Road Economic Belt, which covers several economic corridors, and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. To date, more than 150 countries have already concluded cooperation agreements with China on this program [1]. Given its advantageous geographical location and the urgency of reviving the historic Great Silk Road in a modern format, Kazakhstan has actively engaged in competition for transit from China and is striving to take a key position in implementing the Silk Road Economic Belt project. To increase export and transit potential, KTZ is systematically working on infrastructure development since the growth in cargo transportation volumes requires a constant increase in the capacity of railway sections.
This article focuses on the technical effectiveness of the project aimed at increasing the capacity of the Almaty Freight Transportation department. This is due to the fact that the key transit routes of the Belt and Road Initiative pass through this branch. The location and prospects for developing the infrastructure of Kazakhstan’s largest freight office are important factors for the active participation of the Almaty office in implementing transport projects within the framework of the «One Belt—One Road» initiative.

Keywords: transport, transportation, logistics, infrastructure, transport corridors, one belt, one road, transit potential.