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17/08/2009
Uzbekistan Railways to get 2 Talgo locomotives, 11 cars
Uzbekistan Railways to get 2 Talgo locomotives, 11 cars
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) --
Uzbekistan Temir Yollari (Uzbekistan Railways) will receive two locomotives and 11 cars from Spain’s Talgo in 2009-2010.
Talgo (Spain) and Uzbekistan Temir Yollari (Uzbekistan Railways) signed an agreement on the project of launching high-speed train AVE (Alta Velocidad Española, Spanish high-speed) between Tashkent and Samarkand.
The agreement was singed within the visit of the Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Ãngel Moratinos to Uzbekistan on Friday, 3 July 2009.
The realization of the project will be launched this year. The train speed will reach 250 km per hour.
Currently, Uzbekistan Temir Yollari runs high-speed train Registan between Tashkent and Samarkand, which was launched in January 2004. The train delivers passengers from one destination to another within 3.5 hours.
Uzbekistan Temir Yollari in cooperation with the interested sides is carrying out necessary measures on launch of the new high-speed train.
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