Uzbekistan Railways Reports Three Quarter Results
This year electrification of the Marokand-to-Karshi rail route of 140 kilometers length has been completed and Afrosiyob electric high speed trains have commenced to travel between Tashkent and Karshi.
This year electrification of the Marokand-to-Karshi rail route of 140 kilometers length has been completed and Afrosiyob electric high speed trains have commenced to travel between Tashkent and Karshi. This is another practical demonstration of large-scale reforms, conducted under the leadership of President Islam Karimov, on construction, reconstruction of railways, and improvement of passenger and cargo transportation.This was one of the key messages at the press conference on the results of activity of Uzbekistan Temir Yollari (Uzbekistan railways) joint-stock company for nine months of 2015, held at the National Press Centre.
The volume of cargo sent from railway stations increased by 2.6 percent, compared to last year, and amounted to 50.3 million tons. The company rendered services to 15.6 million passengers and export services in the amount of 262 million dollars.
The enterprises of the company produced industrial products worth 300.8 billion soums.
609,2 million US dollars have been disbursed during 9 months on electrification of Marokand-to-Karshi, Karshi-to-Termez, Samarkand-to-Bukhara rail routes, improving operation of high-speed trains on the Tashkent-to-Samarkand route, construction of a new two-way Jizzakh-to-Yangiyer electrified route, rehabilitation of railways, upgrading freight and passenger cars, modernization of locomotives.
302.8 million US dollars were directed to implementation of the project on constructing Angren-Pop electrified rail route, which exceeded the planned forecast to 8 percents.
- All construction works on the 140 kilometers of the railway line have been carried out- said the project manager for the construction of Angren-Pop electrified rail route Navruz Erkinov. - In particular, drilling and blasting, excavation works have been done, rails have been laid, bridges and train stations have been build.