Atlas Corridor
Component

Bukhara - Khiva Railway Electrification Project

railway

Cities

Bukhara
Uzbekistan
Urgench
Uzbekistan
Khiva
Uzbekistan

Distance

465km
new
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rehabilitated
465km
existing
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Cost

$445.7m
$445,650,000

Phases

underConstruction, 2026

Objective

Improved railway services for freight and passengers in Western Uzbekistan; Railway infrastructure along the Bukhara-Miskin-Urgench-Khiva line upgraded Tourism corridor Bukhara-Miskin-Urgenc-Khiva developed

Description

The project will add electrification, signaling and telecommunication, and traction power management systems to the recently built railway line between Bukhara, Miskin, Urgench, and Khiva, a total of 465 km. The line has a design speed of 250 km per hour and connects to the electrified high-speed railway line between the country's capital Tashkent, Samarkand, and Bukhara.

Finance

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$108000000 loan
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Development bank
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$162000000 loan
Asian Development Bank Bank
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$175650000 investment
Government of Uzbekistan Government

Operators

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Uzbek Railways
Company

Contractors

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DB Engineering & Consulting
Company