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 theRepublic 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 avertically 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]

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]

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

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

• Afghanistan – yes, linked, same gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in).
• Kazakhstan – yes, linked withKazakhstan Temir Joly, same gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in).
• Kyrgyzstan – yes, linked withKyrgyz Railways, same gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in).
• Tajikistan – yes, linked withTajik Railways, same gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in).
• Turkmenistan – yes, linked withDemirýollary, same gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in).

Uzbek Railways has direct passenger train links toMoscow,Ufa,Chelyabinsk,Novosibirsk,Saratov,Penza andSaint Petersburg (via Kazakhstan). FromAlmaty connecting trains are provided toUrumchi in China. Also Tajik trains ofDushanbe-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) andAtyrau-Khujand (No: 692) passes through Uzbekistan.

TheKarshi-Termez line, which extends across the border intoAfghanistan, is being electrified.^[6] In March 2018, Uzbek Railways began a new service, connectingTashkent withBalykchy.^[7] TheChina–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway, which started construction in 2025, aims to build 523 km of new track (50 km of which is in Uzbekistan) connectingKashgar,China viaKyrgyzstan toAndijan.

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

• Transport in Uzbekistan

• Uzbekistan Railways company websiteArchived 2022-12-04 at theWayback Machine(in Uzbek and Russian)

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