Uzbek Railways

Uzbekistan Railways is the national railway company of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It owns and manages all infrastructure and operating freight and passenger train services in the country, and has a near-monopoly on long-distance train travel in Uzbekistan. It is a vertically integrated 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).Asian Development Bank website

Infrastructure

rail network carries about 40% of total freight volume in the country, and about 4% of the total land passenger volume. Around 2,350 km of the network is currently electrified, as of 2019.

Branches Uzbekistan Railways has the following 6 regional railway junctions (; ):

No. Branch name in Russian Branch name in Uzbek Website Managed from 1 Кунградский РЖУ Qo‘ng‘irot MTU Qońirat 2 Бухарский РЖУ Buxoro MTU Bukhara 3 Ташкентский РЖУ Toshkent MTU Tashkent 4 Кокандский РЖУ Qo‘qon MTU Kokand 5 Каршинский РЖУ Qarshi MTU Qarshi 6 Термезский РЖУ Termiz MTU N/A Termez

High-speed lines

The Tashkent–Bukhara high-speed rail line started operation in September 2011 after being upgraded. Line Termini Length Type Maximum speed Opening Status Tashkent–Bukhara Tashkent–Bukhara New 2011 Bhukhara–Khiva Bukhara-Khiva New 2030

Railway links with adjacent countries Afghanistan – yes, linked, same gauge . Kazakhstan – yes, linked with Kazakhstan Temir Joly, same gauge . Kyrgyzstan – yes, linked with Kyrgyz Railways, same gauge . Tajikistan – yes, linked with Tajik Railways, same gauge . Turkmenistan – yes, linked with Demirýollary, same gauge .

Uzbek Railways has direct passenger train links to Moscow, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Novosibirsk, Saratov, Penza and Saint Petersburg (via Kazakhstan). From Almaty connecting trains are provided to Urumchi in China. Also Tajik trains of Dushanbe-Moscow (No: 319), Moscow-Dushanbe (No: 320), Khujand-Saratov (No: 335), Khujand-Atyrau (No: 335), Saratov-Khujand (No: 336), Khujand-Moscow (No: 359), Moscow-Khujand (No: 360), Kanibadam-Bokhtar (No: 389), Bokhtar-Kanibadam (No: 389) and Atyrau-Khujand (No: 692) passes through Uzbekistan.

The Karshi-Termez line, which extends across the border into Afghanistan, is being electrified. In March 2018, Uzbek Railways began a new service, connecting Tashkent with Balykchy. The China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway, which started construction in 2025, aims to build 523 km of new track (50 km of which is in Uzbekistan) connecting Kashgar, China via Kyrgyzstan to Andijan.

Rolling stock

Passenger trains +ClassTypeNumberYearManufacturerNotesER9EEMU1962RVRrefurbishedER2EMU1962RVRrefurbishedTalgo 250 (Afrosiyob)EMU62011–2021TalgoRegioPanterEMU30 plannedafter 2024ŠkodaUTY EMU-250EMU6 plannedafter 2027Hyundai RotemplannedDMU

Freight 3ES5K locomotives (~7, Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant, 2018–2020)

Uzbek Railways

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