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Train travel in Kyrgyzstan – a comprehensive guide

The first railway line on the territory present day Kyrgyzstan was completed in 1924. There are two railway lines in Kyrgyzstan. The Northern Line connects northern cities of Kyrgyzstan with Kazakhstan. The railway line runs from Lugovaya through Bishkek to Balykchy (322 km). The second line – Southern Line – runs from Osh (second largest …

Train travel in Turkmenistan

The first railway line in present day Turkmenistan was opened in 1880 from the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea near present day Türkmenbaşy to Mollagara. In 1885 tracks reached Ashgabat. Three years liter the railway was extended to Samarkand, Uzbekistan and ten years later to Tashkent. After the collapse of the Soviet Union trains …