AKIPRESS.COM - President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the presentation on the electrification project of the Bukhara – Urgench – Khiva railway on November 28, UzA reported.

The railway transport network is consistently developing in Uzbekistan. In particular, the Bukhara – Miskin line was built in 2018, which reduced the distance to Khiva to 242 kilometers. In recent years, the Karshi – Kitab, Pap – Namangan – Andijan, and Karshi – Termez lines have been electrified.

Mirziyoyev noted at a meeting with Khorezm residents that a high-speed electric train to Khiva would be launched in 2024. This plan is included in the investment program of Uzbekistan for 2022-2026. The electrification of the Bukhara – Urgench – Khiva railway began in accordance with the plan.

The cost of the project is $445 million. $270 million of these will be attracted from the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Within the framework of the project, 465 kilometers of railway lines from Bukhara to Khiva will be electrified, stations, substations and other facilities will be built.

The maximum speed of trains will be up to 250 kilometers per hour, UzA notes. Travel time from Tashkent to Urgench will be reduced from 14 to 6 hours, from Bukhara to Khiva from 8 to 3 hours.

The volume of cargo transportation will increase to 11 million tons per year, and the number of passengers up to 2.3 million people.

The President instructed to launch, in parallel with the current project, a project for the electrification of the railway to the city of Nukus. Travel time between Tashkent and Nukus will be reduced from 16 hours to 7 hours.