A Steep Rise in Popularity of Women-Only Carriages on Kazakhstan’s Trains

Since the beginning of this year, some 70 thousand women in Kazakhstan have opted to travel by train in carriages designated as “women’s cars”. According to data provided  by the national carrier “Kazakhstan Temir Zholy” (KTZ), this is a steep rise from the 34,000 who used the same carriages in 2023.

Introduced at the beginning of 2021, the service which female travellers deem safer and more comfortable than mainstream carriages, has now been used by over 359 thousand women.

Outlining the initiative, KTZh explained that…