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The Trans-Caspian Railway (also called the Central Asian Railway, Russian: Среднеазиатская железная дорога) is a railway that follows the path of the Silk Road through much of western Central Asia. It was built by the Russian Empire during its expansion into Central Asia in the 19th century. The railway was started ...
Logo of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route Map of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route. The Middle Corridor, also called TITR (Trans-Caspian International Transport Route), is a trade route from Southeast Asia and China to Europe via Kazakhstan, Caspian Sea (using train ferries to cross the Caspian), [1] Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. [2]
The railway would allow the Russian army to have better control of the Caucasus. Also with the Trans-Caspian railway, Russia could transport troops from Central Asia much faster. The railway operated as a private company between 1865–1922 and a subsidiary railway of the Soviet Railways from 1922–1991.
The Transcaspian Government (1918 - July 1919) was a "Menshevik-Socialist Revolutionary" [1] coalition set up by the railway workers of the Trans-Caspian Railway in 1918. It was based at Ashgabat, Transcaspian Oblast.
In the 1880s and 1890s, the Trans-Caspian railway connected Russian Empire's Central Asian provinces (now, independent states of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) with the Caspian port of Krasnovodsk; by 1906, Central Asia was directly connected by the Trans-Aral Railway with European Russia via Kazakhstan.
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In order to move troops and supplies, he supervised construction of the Trans-Caspian Railway. The original portion was opened in 1881 from Uzun-Ada on the Caspian Sea to Kyzyl Aryat (now Serdar in Turkmenistan). The line was opened to Ashkabad (now Ashgabat) in December 1885 and to Merv (modern Mary, Turkmenistan) in July 1886.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history ... The station of Bamy on the Trans-Caspian Railway, c.1890. Railway stations in ...