Rail line in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan
Trans-Aral Railway A view from the train while travelling along the path of the Trans-Aral Railway. Much of the railway cuts across the vast, rolling
Kazakh Steppe Other name(s) Tashkent Railway Status Operational Owner Locale Termini Stations 42 Type Operator(s) Commenced 1888–1906 Built era Russian Empire Line length 9,200[ 1] km (5,700 mi) Number of tracks 2 Character International rail link Track gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+ 27 ⁄32 in )Old gauge 1,524 mm (5 ft ) as built
Don–Fergana main line
to Krasnodar & Taman
Rostov-on-Don
Moscow-Crimea main line
Liski
to Voronezh
Bobrov
Khrenovaya
Talovaya
Koleno
Novokhopyorsk
Kalmyk
Povolyno
Balashov
Arkadak
Rtishevo II
Blagodatka
Ekaterinovka
Atkarsk
to Saratov
Petrovsk
to Saratov
Sennaya
to Syzlan-Gorod & Ulyanovsk
Volsk II
Volga river
Balakovo
to Saratov & Ershov
Pugachevo
Novoperelyuskaya
to Samara & Buzuluk
Pogromnoe
Sorochinskaya
Novosergievskaya
to Orsk, Tobol & Astana
Orenburg
Donguzkaya
Iletsk I
Karatogay
Aktobe
Alga
Aral
Baikonur / Tyuratam
Kyzylorda
Turkistan
Arys I
to Almaty
Tashkent
to Samarkand
Zhaloir
Angren
Kamchiq tunnel
to Khuchand
Pop
Namangan
former line to Uchkurgan
to Uchkurgan & Kirgyzstan
Hakkulobod
Paytug
Andizhan I
to Fergana
The 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+ 27 ⁄32 in ) broad gauge Trans-Aral Railway (also known as the Tashkent Railway ) was built in 1906 connecting Kinel and Tashkent , then both in the Russian Empire .[ 2] [ 3] For the first part of the 20th century it was the only railway connection between European Russia and Central Asia .
An extensive description of the newly built railway was published in 1910.[ 4]