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A Turkish construction and engineering company, Xvav Yapi, has signed a contract to build a new metro line in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, marking the city’s first metro expansion in 15 years.
The project, valued at $110 million, will extend eight kilometers and is expected to serve about 230,000 passengers daily.
According to business-focused patronlardunyasi.com, the line is scheduled for completion by the end of next year. It will start from the “Dustlik” station and include three stops along its route.
Upon completion, the new line will expand the overall Tashkent metro network to 40 kilometers (24.8 miles).
Tashkent hosts Central Asia’s first and largest metro system, originally developed during the Soviet period.
The network currently consists of three lines: the 12-kilometer Chilanzar Line, inaugurated in 1977; a 14.3-kilometer line that opened in 1984; and the 6.4-kilometer Yunusabad Line, launched in 2001.
Altogether, the metro spans 36 kilometers with 29 stations. The only other metro system in the region is the Almaty Metro in Kazakhstan, which began service in 2011.
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