Ministry of Transport: China — Kyrgyzstan — Uzbekistan railway construction is on schedule

Construction of the China — Kyrgyzstan — Uzbekistan railway is on schedule, Minister of Transport and Communications Talantbek Soltobaev said. According to him, 105 kilometers of tunnels are planned to be built on the Kyrgyz section.

According to the minister, "work is in full swing: earthworks, the fitting out of stations, the erection of bridges." He indicated that at the moment they are not behind schedule and plan to carry out roughly 20 percent of the volume of work each year, reaching the planned targets in the current year.

The project is designed for five years, with commissioning planned by 2031. A total of 305 kilometers of the road runs through Kyrgyz territory, while the total length of the route is about 480 kilometers. A Chinese company has been designated as the general contractor.

Soltobaev added that "at the moment more than 10,000 workers and more than 7,000 units of special equipment are involved." He noted that there is still a shortage of specialists in the relevant fields with the required qualifications and of the material and technical base, so experience is being gained on the construction site and their own specialists are being trained.

The Kyrgyz section will run along the Torugart — Makmal — Jalal-Abad route and will connect the railway networks of China and Uzbekistan. Construction officially began in December 2024.