On 11 September 2026, at the invitation of OSJD Committee Chairman Mr. Mirosław Antonowicz, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Poland, HE Lu Shan, paid a working visit to the OSJD Committee.

On 2 July 2026, the OSJD Committee hosted a meeting between the delegations from the OSJD Committee and from the Shanghai Institute of Technology (SIT) (People’s Republic of China).

On 1 July 2026, a delegation from the National Railway Administration of the People’s Republic of China, led by Deputy Director Wang Qiming, paid a working visit to the OSJD Committee.

As part of the subject “Improving the Agreement on the Use of Freight Wagons in International Traffic (PGW)” in accordance with the approved Work Plan of the OSJD Commission on Freight Traffic for 2026, a meeting of the authorized representatives of the Parties to the PGW Agreement was held at the OSJD Committee (Warsaw) from 8 till 10 June 2026 to discuss the issues of improving the PGW Agreement, introducing amendments and additions to the PGW Rules, and agreeing on the draft Work Plan for 2027 on the subject “Improving the Agreement on the Use of Freight Wagons in International Traffic (PGW)”.

On 9 June 2026, LIII session of the OSJD Ministerial Conference began in Dushanbe, the capital of the Republic of Tajikistan, and will continue till 12 June. The session is attended by the members of the OSJD Ministerial Conference from the following countries:

At an extended meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan, a target was set to transport 343.6 million tonnes of goods by rail in 2026 (as compared to 320 million tonnes in 2025). This will contribute to the fulfilment of the government’s target of increasing transit freight volumes to 55 million tonnes per year.

KTZ Express – a freight traffic operator and subsidiary of the “KTZ NC” JSC – summarised the results for 2025. The company’s main achievements have been noted on international routes: for instance, on the International North-South Transport Corridor, the freight volumes have tripled as compared to 2024; on the Central Transport Corridor, the volumes of exported goods have increased by 71 %, and the volumes of transit goods have increased by 15 %.

In mid-February 2026, KTZ Express – a freight traffic operator and subsidiary of the “KTZ NC” JSC – launched a pilot shipment of grain (rice) to Belgium via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR). The cargo travelled by rail from Kyzylorda to the port of Aktau and from the western coast of the Caspian Sea to the Georgian port of Poti, then by sea across the Caspian Sea and, finally, between the ports of Poti and Antwerp. The final transport stage is being carried out with assistance from the international shipping company CMA CGM. The time of transportation has amounted to nearly 30 days.

At Astana station, the “KTZ NC” JSC will conduct a pilot run of a floor-mounted intelligent control system for monitoring the condition of rolling stock, developed using the KinetiX technology of the American company Wabtec. The system was scheduled to be put into operation in the first quarter of 2026.

The “Kazakhstan Temir Zholy National Company” JSC (“KTZ NC” JSC) and the Chinese state-owned holding company SPSI Cloud Port Development are working on a project to build an agro-logistic hub in Kokshetau (Akmola Region) on an area of 40 hectares, with a processing capacity of 1 million tonnes of goods annually.