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Uzbekistan Railways Completes Restoration of Hairatan-Naibabad-Mazar-i-Sharif Railway Line in Afghanistan
On August 7, the restored Naibabad signal station was opened in Afghanistan. Restorative work was carried out by the company "Uzbekiston Temir Yullari" in cooperation with the Termez regional railway network and the company "Sogdiana Trans" and the basis of the contract with the Afghan railway administration, according to the press service of UTY.
I would like to remind you that in November 2023, the main signaling company of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan agreed to repair the section of signaling road Khairaton - Naibabad - Mazari-Sharif. Management "Uzbekiston temir yullari" will immediately carry out repairs on the mountain "kachestvenno i po raznodnoy tsene, predostaviv skidku v 50%".
"Uzbekistan temir yullari" railway line Khayratona and Mazari-Sharif in November 2010. The total length of the project is 75 km, and the cost of the project is 129 million dollars. Daughter company "Uzbekiston Temir Yullari" "Sogdiana Trans" was established in December 2011 for the operation and maintenance of the railway line in Afghanistan.
In the ceremony, the first freight wagon near the station of Naibabad, "symbolizing the first new stage in the development of the transport infrastructure in the region", is spoken in the press release.
The opening ceremony of the restored line was attended by the special representative of the president to Uzbekistan and Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev and the first deputy head of "Uzbekistan Railways" Rakhmetov Khikmatulla.
Deputy Prime Minister Alkhaj Mullah Abdul Ghani Barodar representing the Afghan side, Governor of Balkh province Muhammed Yusef Wafo, Minister of Public Affairs Al-khaj Mohammad Isa, Deputy Minister of Public Affairs and Interim Affairs Alkhaj Bakhtulrahman Sharafat and other officials.
V svoix vysupleniyakh vysokopostavlennye litsa otmetili vajnost Afghanistana v regionalnoy logistike gruzov.
"The country, which has access to the sea, plays a key role in the connection of Central and South Asia by automobile and highway routes that pass through its territory. And in this context, the Naibabad station, the reconstructed Uzbek highway specialists, will become a vital hub for transporting goods from Russia, Kazakhstan, China and European countries through Afghanistan and Pakistan, India and other countries in South Asia," UTY emphasized.
Special attention was paid to the implementation of the construction project of the Trans-Afghan highway and the route "Mazari-Sharif - Kabul - Harlachi". "Etot proekt obeshchaet znachitelno uluchshit logisticheskie svyazi v regione i sozdat novye vozmojnosti dlya torgovli i ekonomicheskogo sotrudnichestva", - govoritsya v soobshchenii.
In addition, the Afghan side expressed gratitude to its Uzbek colleagues for the repair and reconstruction of the 75-kilometer signal line at the Naibabad station. Obe storony vyrazili vzaimnuyu intersperesdennost v dalneyshem sotrudnichestve, which will be mutually beneficial for all participants.
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