Uzbek Railways

Uzbekistan Railways is the national railway company of the Republic 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 a vertically 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.

Infrastructure

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.

Branches

Uzbekistan Railways has the following 6 regional railway junctions :

No.	Branch name in Russian	Branch name in Uzbek	Website	Managed from
1	Кунградский РЖУ	Qo‘ng‘irot MTU		Qońirat
2	Бухарский РЖУ	Buxoro MTU		Bukhara
3	Ташкентский РЖУ	Toshkent MTU		Tashkent
4	Кокандский РЖУ	Qo‘qon MTU		Kokand
5	Каршинский РЖУ	Qarshi MTU		Qarshi
6	Термезский РЖУ	Termiz MTU	N/A	Termez

High-speed lines

The Tashkent–Bukhara high-speed rail line started operation in September 2011 after being upgraded.

Line	Termini	Length	Type	Maximum speed	Opening	Status
Tashkent–Bukhara	Tashkent–Bukhara		New		2011
Bhukhara–Khiva	Bukhara-Khiva		New		2030

Railway links with adjacent countries

Afghanistan – yes, linked, same gauge.
Kazakhstan – yes, linked with Kazakhstan Temir Joly, same gauge.
Kyrgyzstan – yes, linked with Kyrgyz Railways, same gauge.
Tajikistan – yes, linked with Tajik Railways, same gauge.
Turkmenistan – yes, linked with Demirýollary, same gauge.

Uzbek Railways has direct passenger train links to Moscow, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Novosibirsk, Saratov, Penza and Saint Petersburg. From Almaty connecting trains are provided to Urumchi in China. Also Tajik trains of Dushanbe-Moscow, Moscow-Dushanbe, Khujand-Saratov, Khujand-Atyrau, Saratov-Khujand, Khujand-Moscow, Moscow-Khujand, Kanibadam-Bokhtar, Bokhtar-Kanibadam and Atyrau-Khujand passes through Uzbekistan.
The Karshi-Termez line, which extends across the border into Afghanistan, is being electrified. In March 2018, Uzbek Railways began a new service, connecting Tashkent with Balykchy. The China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway, which started construction in 2025, aims to build 523 km of new track connecting Kashgar, China via Kyrgyzstan to Andijan.

Rolling stock

Passenger trains

Freight

3ES5K locomotives