Uzbekistan Rail Passenger Traffic Down Over 25 Years

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — Rail transport in Uzbekistan carried 10.5 million passengers in 2025, according to data released by the National Committee on Statistics of Uzbekistan.

Compared with 2000, when passenger traffic stood at 14.6 million, the figure has declined by nearly 4.1 million passengers.

Over the past 25 years, the trend has been uneven. Passenger volumes rose to 15.1 million in 2005 before easing to 14.5 million in 2010. The sector reached a peak in 2015, when traffic climbed to 20.1 million passengers.

In the following years, a sharp downturn was recorded, with volumes falling to 6.2 million in 2020.

A gradual recovery has since taken hold, with passenger numbers reaching 7.9 million in 2021, 9 million in 2022, 9.6 million in 2023 and 9.8 million in 2024.

In 2025, the upward trend continued, with passenger traffic rising to 10.5 million. However, the figure remains below levels recorded in the early 2000s.