Uzbek Railways

JSC Uzbekistan Railways
„Oʻzbekiston temir yoʻllari“ Aksiyadorlik Jamiyati
Company typeJoint-stock company
Industryrailway
PredecessorSoviet Railways
Founded1994 (1994)
Headquarters
Tashkent
,
Uzbekistan
Area served
Uzbekistan
Services
  • Passenger
  • rail transport
  • cargo
  • high-speed rail
OwnerGovernment of Uzbekistan
Number of employees
54,700 (2017)
Websiterailway.uz

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 (2,446 km of which is electrified).


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