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Uzbek Railways

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JSC Uzbekistan Railways
„Oʻzbekiston temir yoʻllari“ Aksiyadorlik Jamiyati
TypeJoint-stock company
Industryrailway
PredecessorSoviet Railways
Founded1994; 32 years ago (1994)
Headquarters
Tashkent
,
Uzbekistan
Area served
Uzbekistan
Services
  • Passenger
  • rail transport
  • cargo
  • high-speed rail
OwnerGovernment of Uzbekistan
Number of employees
54,700[1] (2017)
Websiterailway.uz

Uzbekistan Railways[a] 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).[2]

Infrastructure

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Oʻzbekiston Temir Yoʻllari
Ўзбекистон Темир Йўллари
Uzbekistan Railways
Overview
HeadquartersTashkent
Reporting markOTY
Locale Uzbekistan
Dates of operation1994–present
PredecessorSoviet Railways
Technical
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
Electrification25 kV AC
Length4,669 km (2,901 mi)
Other
Websiterailway.uz

4,714 kilometres (2,929 mi) 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.[3]

Branches

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Uzbekistan Railways has the following 6 regional railway junctions (Russian: Региональный железнодорожный узел (РЖУ); Uzbek: Mintaqaviy temir yo'l uzeli (MTU)):[4]

No. Branch name in Russian Branch name in Uzbek Website Managed from
1Кунградский РЖУQo‘ng‘irot MTUkungrad.aitm.uzQońirat
2Бухарский РЖУBuxoro MTUbuxoro-mtu.railwayinfra.uzBukhara
3Ташкентский РЖУToshkent MTUtoshkentmtu.uzTashkent
4Кокандский РЖУQo‘qon MTUkokand.aitm.uzKokand
5Каршинский РЖУQarshi MTUqarshimtu.uzQarshi
6Термезский РЖУTermiz MTUN/ATermez

High-speed lines

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The Tashkent–Bukhara high-speed rail line started operation in September 2011 after being upgraded.[5]

Line Termini Length Type Maximum speed Opening Status
Tashkent–Bukhara Tashkent–Bukhara 600 km (370 mi) New 250 km/h (160 mph) 2011 Operational
Bhukhara–Khiva Bukhara-Khiva 465 km (289 mi) New 250 km/h (160 mph) 2030 Under Construction
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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.[6] In March 2018, Uzbek Railways began a new service, connecting Tashkent with Balykchy.[7] 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

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Passenger trains

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Class Type Number Year Manufacturer Notes
ER9E[8][9] EMU 1962 RVR refurbished
ER2[9] EMU 1962 RVR refurbished
Talgo 250 (Afrosiyob) EMU 6[10] 2011–2021 Talgo
RegioPanter[11] EMU 30 planned after 2024 Škoda
UTY EMU-250 EMU 6 planned after 2027 Hyundai Rotem planned
DMU

Freight

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston Temir Yoʻllari, cyrillized: Ўзбекистон Темир Йўллари, arabized: اۉزبېكستان تېمير يۉللرى

References

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  1. ↑ "Uzbekistan Railways company website". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  2. ↑ Asian Development Bank website
  3. ↑ "ADB loan for Uzbekistan Railways locomotive order". Railway Gazette International.
  4. ↑ "Схема железных дорог Республики Узбекистан". railway.uz (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  5. ↑ "High-speed Afrosiyob train starts to run between Tashkent and Samarkand". UzDaily.uz.
  6. ↑ Yeniseyev, Maksim. "Uzbekistan electrifies railway towards Afghan border". central.asia-news.com. Caravanserai. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Uzbekistan Opens New Railway Routes to Kyrgyzstan, Russia". EurasiaNet. March 22, 2018. A weekly train running the route from the capital of Uzbekistan to Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul region was set to depart on its maiden trip on the evening of March 22 [...] The train traveling from Tashkent to Balykchy, a town on the western end of Issyk-Kul Lake, will be able to carry up to 300 passengers.
  8. ↑ "Uzbekistan Railways to launch electric trains on the Tashkent-Khodjikent route". Kun.uz. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  9. 1 2 "Ozbekiston Temir Yollari announced a tender for the delivery of 34 electric trains". ROLLINGSTOCK. 2022-10-14. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  10. ↑ "Talgo 250 — List of the vehicles". railgallery.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  11. ↑ "RegioPanter EMUs for Uzbekistan". Railvolution. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
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