KHUJAND, September 3, 2009, Asia-Plus — The last consignment of train cars purchased from Russia and Ukraine arrived in Tajikistan in late August, according to Tajik Railways’ branch for the Sughd province.
In all, Tajikistan has purchased 209 train cars, including 86 covered wagons and 123 gondola cars,” the source at Tajik Railways’ branch said.
The source added that more than 6,954 tons of farm produce have been shipped from Sughd to the CIS states, primarily Russia, by rail since the beginning of this year.
At present Tajik Railways offers three routes to the Russian Federation (Dushanbe-Moscow (triple-weekly service), Kulob-Moscow (twice-weekly service), and Khujand-Saratov (twice-weekly service) and four domestic routes (Dushanbe-Konibodom (once-weekly service), Qurghon Teppa-Konibodom (once-weekly service), Dushanbe-Pakhtaobod (daily service) and Qurghon Teppa-Kulob (once-weekly service).
Tajikistan’s rolling-stock currently includes 1,910 cargo cars, 354 passenger carriages and 55 diesel locomotives.
The total length of rails in Tajikistan is more than 950 kilometers; of that, 680 kilometers are the main railways. At present there are 33 railway stations in the republic.
