Transport Archives

A freight locomotive at the Alashankou border station in China, before reaching the Kazakh border, 2017.

Kazakhstan continues to assert itself as the “key link” in the Middle Corridor

Kazakhstan strengthens its role as a key link in the Middle Corridor… [...]

Metro in Almaty

Almaty has the only metro network in Kazakhstan to date – and next to the Uzbek capital Tashkent the second in Central Asia. The local metro was planned in the… [...]

Railroads at a station in Uzbekistan. There is a blue, white and green train on the left.

Railway between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to be electrified

The railway line connecting the Uzbek cities of Bekobod and Qo’qon (Kokand) via Tajikistan will be electrified by the end of 2021. A version of this article was published on… [...]

Uzbekistan: towards greater cooperation with Iran?

Iran and Uzbekistan’s joint infrastructure projects are picking up steam despite the pandemic. A first working meeting between India, Iran and Uzbekistan in mid-December 2020 once again underlined the commitment… [...]