Afrosiyob transports over 180,000 passengers in 2014

Anvar Umarov · 09:21, 17.01.2015 · Updated 08:47 · 932 views

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) -- High speed train Afrosiyob, which runs between Tashkent and Samarkand, transported over 180,000 passengers in 2014, the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov said at the session of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan on 16 January.

High-speed train Afrosiyob started to carry out regular trips between two cities from 8 October 2011. From 13 February 2012, the train started to run between two cities each day.

Afrosiyob train, produced in Spain by Patentes Talgo S. A., runs at the speed of 250 kmh and passes the 344 km distance between Tashkent and Samarkand in two hours.

Total capacity of the train makes up 257 people. The electricity train consists of two locomotives, 8 passenger cars and one dining-car. The train has VIP, first class and economy class places. The trains can be used by people with limited abilities.

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