Turkmenistan to open rail line to Afghanistan in autumn

12-turkmenistanThe completion of the construction and installation work of the Atamyrat-Imamnazar (Turkmenistan) – Akina (Afghanistan) section is scheduled for early November 2016. The section between the border posts of Imamnazar and Akina is three kilometers.
As part of the first phase of the project, the 85-kilometer Atamyrat-Imamnazar section has been built in Turkmenistan. The total length of the railway is 88 kilometers.
This will be part of the transnational corridor passing through Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan. The corridor is expected to have access to China’s extensive rail network and, through it, to the rapidly developing states of the Asia-Pacific region.
At the same time, the commissioning of a terminal for receiving, storage and shipping of oil products is expected in November at the Imamnazar customs post.


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