Kazakhstan recorded 25.8 million vehicle trips on 28 toll road sections during the summer period. KazAvtoZhol JSC named the most popular national routes, according to infohub.kz.
In a Telegram post, the company said vehicles averaged about 281,000 trips per day on national roads between June 1 and August 31.
The busiest routes this summer were: Almaty — Qonaev, with more than 4.3 million trips; Shymkent — Uzbekistan border, with 2.68 million trips; and Shymkent — Taraz, with 1.87 million trips.
"High traffic volumes were also observed on the Taraz — Kainar, Astana — Temirtau, Astana — Shchuchinsk, Shymkent — Kyzylorda and Qonaev — Taldykorgan routes. Just ten of the most in-demand sections accounted for more than 18.2 million trips, or about 71% of all summer traffic on the toll network," the company said.
According to KazAvtoZhol, travel patterns show strong demand both for routes between the country's largest cities and for destinations to popular tourist and recreational areas.
Ranking of toll sections by number of trips from June 1 to August 31, 2026:
Almaty — Qonaev — 4,310,266;
Shymkent — Uzbekistan border — 2,682,324;
Shymkent — Taraz — 1,872,053;
Taraz — Kainar — 1,815,796;
Astana — Temirtau — 1,493,818;
Astana — Shchuchinsk — 1,460,655;
Shymkent — Kyzylorda — 1,408,438;
Qonaev — Taldykorgan — 1,202,409;
Shchuchinsk — Kokshetau — 1,063,372;
Taraz bypass (Kainar — Shymkent) — 945,725;
Kostanay — Denisovka — 853,586;
Astana — Pavlodar — 837,185;
Karaganda — Balkhash — Burylbaytal — 788,183;
Almaty — Khorgos — 767,108;
Kokshetau — Petropavl — 591,025;
Kyzylorda — Aralsk — 567,233;
Pavlodar — Semey — Kalbatau — 461,152;
Shu — Burylbaytal — 392,358;
Aktobe — Russian border (Orenburg) — 376,518;
Kandyagash — Makat — 297,804;
Taldykorgan — Ust-Kamenogorsk — 286,907;
Kostanay — Russian border (Troitsk) — 281,813;
Usharal — Dostyk — 267,250;
Pavlodar — Russian border (toward Omsk) — 262,766;
Oral — Russian border (toward Samara) — 192,314;
Oral — Russian border (toward Saratov) — 169,382;
Burylbaytal — Kurty — 128,487;
Beineu — Akzhigit (Uzbekistan border).