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Belam Riga, Uzbekistan Temir Yollari sign contract to supply equipment
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) --
Latvia’s Belam Riga signed a contact with State joint stock railway company Uzbekistan Temir Yollari to supply equipment for electrification of the railroad line Maraqand-Qarshi in southern Uzbekistan with the cost of about US$40 million, RIA Novosti reported quoting a source, who familiar with the situation.
Within the contract Belam Riga will deliver systems of signalization, centralization and blocking, telecommunication and SCADA. The contract was signed within a tender, announced by the Uzbekistan Temir Yollari in April 2013.
Uzbekistan Temir Yollari started a project on electrification of railroad Maroqand-Qarshi with the length of 140.8 km in January 2012. The project envisages reconstruction of locomotive depot in Karshi to use Tashguzar-Baisun-Kumkurgan railroad. The project will be implemented within four years.
The project cost is US$234.7 million, which is financed due to own resources of Uzbekistan Temir Yollari for US$110.9 million, loan of the Asian Development Bank for US$100 million and the Government of Uzbekistan as customs and tax preferences for US$23.8 million.
Uzbekistan has 4,200 km of railways, of which 1,000 km were electrified. Uzbekistan electrified over 700 km of railways in last seven years. Uzbekistan plans to electrify about 2,000 km of railroads.
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