On November 13, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a government meeting to review the ongoing works in the railroad sector and plans for upcoming years.
The large-scale transformation processes initiated in the railway sector are already yielding positive results. The industry ended last year with a net profit for the first time, and for the first nine months of this year, net profit exceeded 800 billion soums. The volumes of transit and passenger traffic, exports and investments in the railway sector are growing.
It was noted that passenger and freight traffic volumes should at least double between 2026 and 2030. To achieve this goal, it is planned to build 151 kilometers of new and electrify 182 kilometers of existing railway lines, as well as modernize 27 existing stations and 1,000 kilometers of railways.
The meeting also discussed the issue of expanding networks for high-speed trains. Instructions were given to expedite the commissioning of the 102-kilometer Navoi-Bukhara railway line. It was noted that the launch of this line will significantly reduce the time and costs of freight and passenger transportation.
Plans were also outlined to expand the locomotive and railcar fleet for new routes in the coming years.
It is planned to purchase 38 mainline locomotives, 50 shunting locomotives, and hybrid shunting locomotives from China. It was instructed to deliver six high-speed electric trains, and to commission the first of them on the Tashkent-Urgench-Khiva route next year, jointly with the Korean company Hyundai Rotem. This is expected to reduce travel time from the current 14 hours to 7.5 hours.
