Atlas Corridor
Component

Pap-Angren Railway

railway

Cities

Angren
Uzbekistan
Pap
Uzbekistan

Distance

124km
new
124km
rehabilitated
– km
existing
– km

Cost

$1.6b
$1,633,750,000

Phases

operational, 2020

Objective

"The construction of the railway will expand market access of small and medium enterprises, help increase their profits, and stimulate growing demand for workers in some key sectors such as textiles and services." -CAREC website

Description

The project will reduce transport costs and increase transport capacity and reliability through the construction of a rail link between the Uzbek part of the Ferghana Valley and the rest of Uzbekistan.

Finance

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$350000000 loan
Exim Bank of China Development bank
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$195000000 loan
The World Bank Bank
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$1088750000 investment
Government of Uzbekistan Government

Operators

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Uzbek Railways
Company

Contractors

Erchu Co., Ltd. of China Railway Tunnel Group
Company