Uzbekistan Railways start to transport cargo via Angren-Pap railway
23/08/2016 13:27
Uzbekistan Railways start to transport cargo via Angren-Pap railway
23/08/2016 13:27
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan Temir Yollari (Uzbekistan Railways) started to transport freight via new railroad Angren-Pap.
According to the company, over 10 trains with various cargoes run on Angren-Pap railroad a day. The company said it will soon reach 20 trains a day.
Uzbekistan Temir Yollari said that currently there are all conditions for transportation of cargo to and from Ferghana Valley.
The Uzbek company said that oil and oil products, chemical and fertilizers, quartz sand are transported via new railroad.
Fruits and vegetables are regularly transported to the markets of Uzbekistan. The railway also allows to export fruits, vegetables to melons.
The railway line Angren-Pap will directly link regions of the Fergana Valley with other regions of Uzbekistan. The project completes the creation of a unified national rail network. The length of the railway is 123.1 km, including tunnel with the length of 19.2 km.
According to Uzbekistan Temir Yollari, the new railway will allow to transport about 10 million tonnes of freight a year. In the first year, it is planned that some 600,000 passengers will be transported via new railroad.
New railway is an important part of the rail corridor “China - Central Asia – Europe” and will contribute to further development of Uzbekistan’s economy.
The project cost was US$1.633 billion. Some US$810 million were used for construction of railroads up to tunnel. Another US$455 million were used to construction of the tunnel.
Tunnel, constructed by Uzbekistan Temir Yollari and China Railway Tunnel Group, hold the eighth place in the world by its complexity.
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