Additional train launched on route Tashkent-Samarkand-Tashkent
22/08/2014 12:43
Additional train launched on route Tashkent-Samarkand-Tashkent
22/08/2014 12:43
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- State joint stock railway company Uzbekistan Temir Yollari launched additional train Afrosiyob on 21 August 2014 on route Tashkent-Samarkand-Tashkent, Uzjeldorpass (Uzbekistan Passenger Railway) said.
Uzjeldorpass said that due to growth of passenger flow, the company appointed additional high-speed train on route Tashkent-Samarkand-Tashkent from 21 August.
The train will leave Tashkent at 07:00 and Samarkand at 17:00 on Thursdays and Fridays.
Afrosiyob runs between Tashkent and Samarkand each day. The train leaves at 08:00. On Saturdays and Sundays, the train carries out additional trip between two cities at 07:00. From Samarkand, the train leaves at 17:00 each day, additional trip on Saturdays and Sundays – at 18:00.
High-speed train Afrosiyob started to carry out regular trips between two cities from 8 October 2011. From 13 February 2012, the train started to run between two cities each day.
Afrosiyob train, produced in Spain by Patentes Talgo S. A., runs at the speed of 250 kmh and passes the 344 km distance between Tashkent and Samarkand in two hours.
Total capacity of the train makes up 257 people. The electricity train consists of two locomotives, 8 passenger cars and one dining-car. The train has VIP, first class and economy class places. The trains can be used by people with limited abilities.
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