Kyrgyz Railways


The Kyrgyz Railway is the national railway developer of Kyrgyzstan.

Track Network and Rolling Stock

Kyrgyz Railway operates about 320 km of single track lines. After the Soviet Union broke up, Kyrgyz Railways obtained 2,500 freight cars, 450 passenger cars and 50 locomotives from the Soviet railways. However, the 1998 financial crisis drastically reduced spending on the railways.
The current rail network is based on the inheritance from the former Soviet Union and as such has a broad gauge of.

Traffic

Freight traffic is now only 13% of its 1990 level, 330 million tkm in 2001, compared to 2,620 million tkm in 1990 and is still falling. Passenger traffic is only about 25% of what it was in 1990. While freight services are profitable, passenger services are losing money, since fares are regulated by the Anti-Monopoly Committee.

Electrification

In 2008 it was announced that work will commence on the electrification of the line which connects the capital Bishkek with the Kazakhstan railway network.

Rail links with adjacent countries