Uzbek Railways

JSC Uzbekistan Railways
„Oʻzbekiston temir yoʻllari“ Aksiyadorlik Jamiyati

Company type	Joint-stock company
Industry	railway
Predecessor	Soviet Railways
Founded	1994;32 years ago (1994)
Headquarters	Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Area served	Uzbekistan
Services	Passenger rail transport cargo high-speed rail
Owner	Government of Uzbekistan
Number of employees	54,700 [1]  (2017)
Website	railway.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

Oʻzbekiston Temir Yoʻllari
Ўзбекистон Темир Йўллари
Uzbekistan Railways

Overview
Headquarters	Tashkent
Reporting mark	OTY
Locale	Uzbekistan
Dates of operation	1994–present
Predecessor	Soviet Railways
Technical
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
Electrification	25 kV AC
Length	4,669 km (2,901 mi)
Other
Website	railway.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

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
1	Кунградский РЖУ	Qo‘ng‘irot MTU	kungrad.aitm.uz	Qońirat
2	Бухарский РЖУ	Buxoro MTU	buxoro-mtu.railwayinfra.uz	Bukhara
3	Ташкентский РЖУ	Toshkent MTU	toshkentmtu.uz	Tashkent
4	Кокандский РЖУ	Qo‘qon MTU	kokand.aitm.uz	Kokand
5	Каршинский РЖУ	Qarshi MTU	qarshimtu.uz	Qarshi
6	Термезский РЖУ	Termiz MTU	N/A	Termez

High-speed lines

Main article: High-speed rail in Uzbekistan

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

Railway links with adjacent countries

• Afghanistan – yes, linked, same gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in).
• Kazakhstan – yes, linked with Kazakhstan Temir Joly, same gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in).
• Kyrgyzstan – yes, linked with Kyrgyz Railways, same gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in).
• Tajikistan – yes, linked with Tajik Railways, same gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in).
• Turkmenistan – yes, linked with Demirýollary, same gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in).

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

Passenger trains

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

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

See also

• Transport in Uzbekistan

Notes

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

References

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. "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.

External links

• Uzbekistan Railways company website Archived 2022-12-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Uzbek and Russian)