BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 9
By Ilkin Seyfaddini - Trend:
Uzbekistan Railways JSC began laying the first rails of the Sergeli line of the Tashkent Metro, Trend reports citing Uzbekistan Railways.
The total cost of the project is $83 million. The task was set to put this line into operation in September this year.
"The construction of the subway, the total length of which will be 52.1 kilometers, is carried out in five stages. In the first stage, eight stations will be built from the station Dustlik to the Kuilyuk market. It is also planned to build additional two metro depots.
The total length of Sergeli line is 6.94 kilometers. More than 700 specialists are engaged in the construction of the facility in two shifts," the report says.
As reported, construction work of Afrosiab, Kipchak stations of Sergeli line are 83 percent complete.
Earlier, Uzbekistan Railways announced about plans to purchase 10 new trains of Russia's Metrowagonmash production.
The total purchase price will exceed 27 million euros. Of these, 22 million euros will be allocated as a loan from the State Corporation "Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs" (Russia), and 5.5 million euros - from the Fund for Reconstruction and Development of Uzbekistan.
Currently, Tashkent Metro consists of three lines, operating on 36.2 kilometers of route and serving 29 stations.
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