Editing Dushanbe (section)

=== Rail transport ===
{{See also|Rail transport in Tajikistan}}
[[File:Duschanbe Bahnhof.jpg|thumb|right|[[Dushanbe Railway Station]]]]

The first rail line in Dushanbe, which was {{Convert|245|km|mi}} long, was built from 1926 to 1929 and opened on 10 September 1929 from [[Vahdat|Vhadat]] to Dushanbe to [[Termez]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rustamov|first=Aziz|date=2017-03-22|title=Наследие Российской империи в Таджикистане: железная дорога, вокзалы, водонапорные башни|trans-title=The legacy of the Russian Empire in Tajikistan: railway, railway stations, water towers|url=http://www.fergananews.com//articles/9332|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808002049/http://www.fergananews.com//articles/9332|archive-date=2020-08-08|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Фергана.Ру|publisher=[[Ferghana Information Agency|Ferghana International News Agency]]}}</ref><ref name="Abdullaev-2018c">{{Cite book|last=Abdullaev, Kamoludin|title=Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan|date=2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-5381-0252-7|page=364|chapter=Railways|oclc=1049912411}}</ref> that ultimately connected Dushanbe with [[Moscow]]. In 1933 and 1941, two other narrow-gauge railroad lines were laid from Dushanbe, to Gulpista and [[Kurgan-Tyube]]. In 2002, a new railroad administration took over that modernized the system.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Дорога через века|trans-title=Road through the Centuries|url=http://eav.ru/publ1.php?publid=2009-04a07|access-date=2020-08-05|website=eav.ru|publisher=Евразия Вести}}</ref>

Today, Tajikistan's principal railways are in the southern region and connect Dushanbe with the industrial areas of the [[Gissar]] and [[Vakhsh River|Vakhsh]] valleys and with [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Kazakhstan]] and Russia.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2009-09-01|title=Migrant Express Part 1: Good-bye Dushanbe|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBSardpSH0E| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211108/BBSardpSH0E| archive-date=2021-11-08 | url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-03|website=Youtube|publisher=[[Radio Free Europe]]/[[Radio Liberty]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Tajikistan's railways are owned and operated by Tajik Railway. In the early 2000s, a new railway line from Dushanbe to [[Gharm]] to [[Jirgatol|Jirghatol]] was constructed that would connect the country to Russia, Kazakhstan, and [[Kyrgyzstan]] while not going through Uzbekistan due to contemporary [[Tajikistan–Uzbekistan relations|geopolitical tensions]]. A proposed line from Dushanbe to [[Herat]] and [[Mashhad|Mashad]] is also being promoted by the government.<ref name="Abdullaev-2018c" /> On 18 June 2018, the first railway between Dushanbe and [[Astana]], the capital of Kazakhstan, completed its trip through Uzbekistan's [[Karakalpakstan|Karakalpakstan region]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Dushanbe-Astana Train Makes First Journey|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-tajikistan-train-dushanbe-astana/28563464.html|access-date=2020-08-05|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=19 June 2017 }}</ref> Tajikistan's northern railway system remains isolated from its other railway lines, including those of Dushanbe. There is also a service from Dushanbe to [[Khujand]] and the northern Uzbek town of [[Pakhtaabad]].<ref name="Abdullaev-2018c" />