High-speed route
Afrosiyob Tashkent–Samarkand
Tashkent → Samarkand · Uzbekistan
Central Asia’s only high-speed rail. Spanish Talgos racing to the turquoise domes of the Silk Road.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 12209660 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Uzbekistan Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Afrosiyob?
The Afrosiyob runs 344 km from Tashkent to Samarkand.
How long does the Afrosiyob take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 08 min for the 344 km. That is an average of 161 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 250 km/h.
Who runs the Afrosiyob?
Uzbekistan Railways, with Talgo 250.
How old is the Afrosiyob?
The line has been in service since 2011. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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