AN 8km extension of the Chilanzar Line of Tashkent Metro in Uzbekistan is to be built by Turkish firm Xvav Tapi.
According to local media, the new line will branch off the existing network at Pushkin station and head northeast at surface level to the TTZ development zone, serving three new stations.
This summer transport minister Ilkhom Makhkamov said that the project is costed at $US 110m and completion is scheduled by the end of next year, when it is expected to carry up to 85,000 passengers per day. A further underground extension of the line to Shah station within the TTZ is under consideration.
Earlier this year president Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed plans for future development of the network and instructed the government and Directorate of New Tashkent to proceed with the design and construction of a new 22km line to the proposed urban area of New Tashkent. This will start from Dustlik station on the Uzbekistan Line, will serve nine new stations and is expected to carry 230,000 passengers per day.
The first phase of construction at New Tashkent will see development of 6000 hectares to provide new residential districts, as well as a new home for the city’s administrative headquarters.
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