Turkmenistan has completed the 45th kilometer of its portion of a railway that is slated to pass from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan and into Tajikistan.
The Atamyrat-Imamnazar section of the railway, which lies in Turkmenistan, will have a total length of 85 kilometers and will be Turkmenistan’s last stop on the international transport corridor.
The TAT railway has an estimated cost of USD 1.5-2 billion is being developed as part of the Central Asia Regional Cooperation Program. It is primarily financed by the Asian Development Bank, which has allocated USD 350 million to Afghanistan for its 37-mile section between Akina and Andho.
On the 23rd km of the railway, work is being done on the ground infrastructure facilities, while on the 36th km progress is being made on filling rubble-gravel mixtures. At the 46th km mark, the preparation of soil roadbed (soil bed) is in progress.
The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan (TAT) Railway, with an overall length of 400 km, is an important link in the international transport operations between the countries of Central Asia.
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