Trans-Aral Railway

Trans-Aral Railway
A view from the train while travelling along the path of the Trans-Aral Railway. Much of the railway cuts across the vast, rolling Kazakh Steppe
Overview
Other name(s)Tashkent Railway
StatusOperational
Owner
Locale
Termini
Stations42
Service
Type
Operator(s)
History
Commenced1888–1906
Built eraRussian Empire
Technical
Line length9,200[1] km (5,700 mi)
Number of tracks2
CharacterInternational rail link
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in)
Old gauge1,524 mm (5 ft) as built
Route map

Don–Fergana main line
to Krasnodar & Taman
Rostov-on-Don
Moscow-Crimea main line
Liski
to Voronezh
Bobrov
Khrenovaya
Talovaya
Koleno
Novokhopyorsk
Kalmyk
Povolyno
Balashov
Arkadak
Rtishevo II
Blagodatka
Ekaterinovka
Atkarsk
to Saratov
Petrovsk
to Saratov
Sennaya
to Syzlan-Gorod & Ulyanovsk
Volsk II
Volga river
Balakovo
to Saratov & Ershov
Pugachevo
Novoperelyuskaya
to Samara & Buzuluk
Pogromnoe
Sorochinskaya
Novosergievskaya
to Orsk, Tobol & Astana
Orenburg
Donguzkaya
Iletsk I
Karatogay
Aktobe
Alga
Aral
Baikonur / Tyuratam
Kyzylorda
Turkistan
Arys I
to Almaty
Tashkent
to Samarkand
Zhaloir
Angren
Kamchiq tunnel
to Khuchand
Pop
Namangan
former line to Uchkurgan
to Uchkurgan & Kirgyzstan
Hakkulobod
Paytug
Andizhan I
to Fergana

The 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in) broad gauge Trans-Aral Railway (also known as the Tashkent Railway) was built in 1906 connecting Kinel and Tashkent, then both in the Russian Empire.[2][3] For the first part of the 20th century it was the only railway connection between European Russia and Central Asia.

An extensive description of the newly built railway was published in 1910.[4]

  1. ^ "The Trans-Asian Railway (Eurasian Landbridge)". The Geography of Transport Systems.
  2. ^ Coulibaly, S Deichmann, U et al (2012) Eurasian Cities: New Realities along the Silk Road, World Bank Publications, P26
  3. ^ "Desert & Steppe Conquests: Fortresses and Railways in the Sahara and Kazakhstan". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. ^ Hamilton, Angus (1910). Afghanistan. Oriental series. Boston and Tokyo: J.B. Millet Company. Retrieved 2014-11-23.

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