Editing Tajikistan (section)

== Transportation ==
{{Main|Transport in Tajikistan}}

As a landlocked country, Tajikistan has no ports and the majority of transportation is via roads, air, and rail. In years Tajikistan has pursued agreements with Iran and Pakistan to gain port access in those countries via [[Afghanistan]]. In 2009, an agreement was made between Tajikistan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan to improve and build a {{cvt|1,300|km}} highway and rail system connecting the three countries to Pakistan's ports. The proposed route would go through the [[Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province]] in the eastern part of the country.<ref name="pak">{{cite news |title=President Zardari chairs PPP consultative meeting |url=http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=83411&Itemid=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200343/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=83411&Itemid=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 January 2014 |publisher=Associated Press of Pakistan |date=10 August 2009 |access-date=11 August 2009}}</ref> In 2012, the presidents of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Iran signed an agreement to construct roads and railways, and oil, gas, and water pipelines to connect the three countries.<ref>{{cite news|title=Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan sign agreement on road, railway construction|url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/politics/96460-iran-afghanistan-tajikistan-sign-agreement-on-road-railway-construction-|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406174251/http://www.tehrantimes.com/politics/96460-iran-afghanistan-tajikistan-sign-agreement-on-road-railway-construction-|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 April 2015|newspaper=Tehran Times|access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref>

=== Rail ===
{{Main|Rail transport in Tajikistan}}
The [[railroad]] system totals only {{convert|680|km|mi}} of track,<ref name=CIA /> all of it {{RailGauge|1520mm}} [[Russian gauge|broad gauge]]. The principal segments are in the southern region and connect the capital with the industrial areas of the [[Hisor]] and [[Vakhsh, Tajikistan|Vakhsh]] valleys and with [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Kazakhstan]] and Russia.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBSardpSH0E|title=Migrant Express Part 1: Good-bye Dushanbe|date=1 September 2009|work=YouTube|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016042543/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBSardpSH0E|archive-date=16 October 2015}}</ref> Most international freight traffic is carried by train.<ref name="tajikistanmission.ch">{{cite web|url=http://www.tajikistanmission.ch/business-and-investment/infrastructure.html|title=Tajikistan Mission – Infrastructure|author=Administrator|work=tajikistanmission.ch|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531142944/http://www.tajikistanmission.ch/business-and-investment/infrastructure.html|archive-date=31 May 2014}}</ref> The [[Bokhtar]]–[[Kulab, Tajikistan|Kulob]] railway connected the [[Kulob District]] with the central area of the country.<ref name="tajikistanmission.ch" />

=== Air ===

In 2009 Tajikistan had 26 airports, 18 of which had paved runways, of which two had runways longer than 3,000 meters.

=== Roads ===
The total length of roads in the country is 27,800 kilometres. Automobiles account for more than 90% of the total volume of passenger transportation and more than 80% of domestic freight transportation.<ref name="tajikistanmission.ch" />

In 2004 the [[Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge]] between Afghanistan and Tajikistan was built, improving the country's access to [[South Asia]]. The bridge was built by the United States.<ref name=usace>{{cite web|url=http://www.aed.usace.army.mil/Snapshots.asp?PageNo=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403130857/http://www.aed.usace.army.mil/Snapshots.asp?PageNo=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 April 2015|title= US Army Corps of Engineer, Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bridge|publisher=US Army Corps of Engineer|access-date=8 March 2008}}</ref>

{{As of|2014}} highway and tunnel construction projects are underway or have been completed. Projects include rehabilitation of the Dushanbe – Chanak (Uzbek border), Dushanbe – Kulma (Chinese border), and Kurgan-Tube – Nizhny Pyanj (Afghan border) highways, and construction of tunnels under the mountain passes of [[Anzob Tunnel|Anzob]], Shakhristan, Shar-Shar<ref>[http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/2009/09/03/feature-06 Shar-Shar auto tunnel links Tajikistan to China] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531142530/http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/2009/09/03/feature-06 |date=31 May 2014 }}, The {{convert|2.3|km|0|abbr=on}} Shar-Shar car tunnel linking Tajikistan and China opened to traffic on 30 Aug.., Siyavush Mekhtan, 3 September 2009</ref> and Chormaghzak.<ref>Payrav Chorshanbiyev (12 February 2014) [http://news.tj/en/news/chormaghzak-tunnel-renamed-khatlon-tunnel-and-shar-shar-tunnel-renamed-ozodi-tunnel Chormaghzak Tunnel renamed Khatlon Tunnel and Shar-Shar Tunnel renamed Ozodi Tunnel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531131121/http://news.tj/en/news/chormaghzak-tunnel-renamed-khatlon-tunnel-and-shar-shar-tunnel-renamed-ozodi-tunnel |date=31 May 2014 }}. news.tj</ref> These were supported by international donor countries.<ref name="tajikistanmission.ch" /><ref>[http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/leighturner/2013/05/07/trade-tunnels-transit-and-training-in-mountainous-tajikistan/ Trade, tunnels, transit and training in mountainous Tajikistan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819075855/http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/leighturner/2013/05/07/trade-tunnels-transit-and-training-in-mountainous-tajikistan/ |date=19 August 2013 }}. fco.gov.uk (7 May 2013)</ref>