Islamabad, 4 December 2022 (GNP/TDI): On December 3, 2022, the “Turkiye-Iran-Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan” freight train, which runs along the Turkic States line, arrived in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The first freight train arrived in Tashkent, according to a tweet from Uzbekistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Norov, a former SCO Secretary General and ambassador to NATO and the EU.
He claimed that the first freight train’s path passed through Turkiye, Iran, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. He talked about how the framework of the train is made up of 40 wagons.
To transport household appliances, ventilation systems, and other items to Tashkent, the train covered 4,500 kilometers in 25 days.
In the future, the freight train will run twice a month instead of just once.
On December 3, 2022, a welcome ceremony for the first freight train from Turkey to Uzbekistan was conducted in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
In order to carry out the resolutions made at the First Meeting of the Heads of Railway Administrations of the Organization of Turkic States held on October 27, 2022, in Tashkent, a train carrying 40 wagons filled with home equipment was launched.
The Organization of Turkic States Heads of State Summit in Samarkand held on November 11, 2022, urged strong collaboration among the Member States on the future development of the rail system’s transit capacity, digitization of transportation, and expansion of the railway administrations’ network.
In this regard, the above-mentioned efforts are being made among the Railway Administrations under the Chairmanship of Uzbekistan in the OTS.
The efforts will help to effectively use the existing transport and communication networks and infrastructure in the Turkic region.
The launch of freight trains will also significantly cut down on the time and costs of transport in the direction of global and regional markets.