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The company owns and operates all railways within the country. It is a state-owned stock company, formed in 1994 to operate railways within Uzbekistan. As of March 2017, the total length of its main railway network is 4,669 km (2,446 km of which is electrified). [1] It employs 54,700 people. [2]
The Tashkent–Bukhara high-speed rail line is a 600-kilometre (373 mi) high-speed rail connection between Tashkent and Bukhara, two major cities in Uzbekistan.The route passes through six regions: Tashkent, Sirdaryo, Jizzakh, Samarqand, Navoiy, and Bukhara in Uzbekistan.
As of March 2017, the total length of Uzbekistan's main railway network is 4,714 kilometres (2,929 mi) (2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) of which is electrified). [1] A large percentage of the system's track requires major repair. The main line is the portion of the Trans-Caspian railway that connects Tashkent with the Amu Darya.
Uzbekistan Railways management has raised the possibility of building a dedicated electrified line from Tashkent to Samarkand, shortening the journey to 1 hour and 20 minutes. [ 3 ] Samarkand-Bukhara section opened Aug 2016, extension of the first line, 256 km taking 1 hour 12 minutes, or from Tashkent 3 hours and 20 minutes.
As of 2007, Uzbekistan's overland transportation infrastructure declined significantly in the post-Soviet era due to low investment and poor maintenance. Air transport was the only branch that received substantial government investment in the early 2000s, as airport modernization projects were undertaken. [1]
Once a passenger has entered the Metro system, there are no further ticket checks; passengers can travel to any number of stations and transfers within the system freely except one stations joint between sergeli line's end station and Qipchoq station transfers, which adds extra 2,000 soums for a transfer if paid with cash or 1,700 soum or ...
This tunnel connects the fertile and densely populated Fergana Valley region of Uzbekistan, where about one third of the population lives, to the rest of the country. Prior to the fall of the Soviet Union and the independence of the republics of Central Asia, connectivity to Fergana Valley region was not an issue, as a rail line cutting across Sughd Region of Tajik SSR connected Tashkent and ...
The Angren–Pop railway line (Uzbek: Angren-Pop temir yoʻli) is an electrified railway line in eastern Uzbekistan. It provides an additional transport line besides the Kamchik road pass, improving the connection between the Fergana Valley with the rest of Uzbekistan. The total cost of the project was $1.9 billion. [1]