Editing Uzbekistan (section)

== Transportation ==
{{Main|Transport in Uzbekistan}}
[[File:Toshkent Railway Station.jpg|right|thumb|Central Station of Tashkent]]
[[File:Afrosiyob Express Train in Station - Samarkand - Uzbekistan (7502824436) (3).jpg|thumb|right|The Afrosiyob high-speed train]]
[[Tashkent]], the nation's capital and largest city, has a four-line [[Tashkent Metro|metro]] built in 1977, and expanded in 2001 after ten years' independence from the [[Soviet Union]]. Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are currently the only two countries in Central Asia with a subway system. It is promoted as one of the cleanest systems in the former Soviet Union.<ref>[http://www.tashkent.org/uzland/subway.html Tashkent Subway for Quick Travel to Hotels, Resorts, and Around the City!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118202134/http://www.tashkent.org/uzland/subway.html |date=18 January 2012 }} tashkent.org</ref> The stations are exceedingly ornate. For example, the station ''Kosmonavtlar'' built in 1984 is decorated using a [[Human spaceflight|space travel]] theme to recognise the achievements of humankind in space exploration and to commemorate the role of [[Vladimir Dzhanibekov]], the Soviet [[cosmonaut]] of Uzbek origin. A statue of Vladimir Dzhanibekov stands near a station entrance.

There are government-operated trams and buses running across the city. There are also many taxis, registered and unregistered. Uzbekistan has plants that produce modern cars. The car production is supported by the government and the Korean auto company [[Daewoo]]. In May 2007 [[UzDaewooAuto]], the car maker, signed a strategic agreement with General Motors-Daewoo Auto and Technology ([[GM Daewoo|GMDAT]], see [[GM Uzbekistan]] also).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uzdaily.com/?c=118&a=1315 |title=Uzbekistan, General Motors sign strategic deal |publisher=Uzdaily.com |access-date=2 May 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516011802/http://www.uzdaily.com/?c=118&a=1315 |archive-date=16 May 2011 }}</ref> The government bought a stake in Turkey's Koc in [[SamKochAvto]], a producer of small buses and lorries. Afterward, it signed an agreement with [[Isuzu]] Motors of Japan to produce Isuzu buses and lorries.<ref>[http://www.uzdaily.com/?c=118&a=1242 SamAuto supplies 100 buses to Samarkand firms] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927084418/http://www.uzdaily.com/?c=118&a=1242 |date=27 September 2007 }}, UZDaily.com. [http://www.uzdaily.com/?c=118&a=1336 Japanese firm buys 8% shares in SamAuto] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927084406/http://www.uzdaily.com/?c=118&a=1336 |date=27 September 2007 }}, UZDaily.com.</ref>

Train links connect many towns in Uzbekistan, as well as neighbouring former republics of the Soviet Union. Moreover, after independence two fast-running train systems were established. Uzbekistan launched the first [[Tashkent–Samarkand high-speed rail line|high-speed railway in Central Asia]] in September 2011 between [[Tashkent]] and [[Samarqand]]. The new high-speed electric train [[Talgo 250]], called ''Afrosiyob'', was manufactured by [[Talgo|Patentes Talgo S.L.]] (Spain) and took its first trip from Tashkent to Samarkand on 26 August 2011.<ref>[http://www.uzdaily.com/articles-id-15511.htm First high-speed electricity train carries out first trip from Samarkand and Tashkent, 27 August 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111171755/http://www.uzdaily.com/articles-id-15511.htm |date=11 January 2012 }}. Uzdaily (27 August 2011). Retrieved 19 February 2012.</ref>

A large aircraft manufacturing plant was built during the Soviet era&nbsp;– [[Tashkent Aviation Production Association|Tashkent Chkalov Aviation Manufacturing Plant]] or ТАПОиЧ in Russian. The plant originated during World War II, when production facilities were evacuated south and east to avoid capture by advancing Nazi forces. Until the late 1980s, the plant was one of the leading aeroplane production centres in the USSR. With dissolution of the Soviet Union, its manufacturing equipment became outdated; most of the workers were laid off. Now it produces only a few planes a year, but with interest from Russian companies growing, there are rumours of production-enhancement plans.

===Civil Aviation===
After the declaration of independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated January 28, 1992, the National Airline [[Uzbekistan Airways]] was created on the basis of the Civil Aviation Department of Uzbekistan, which was under the jurisdiction of the former Ministry of [[Civil aviation]] of the Union. Air transport  is one of the leading sectors of the economy of Uzbekistan, serves the development of international, economic, diplomatic, cultural ties of the country with the outside world<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lex.uz/docs/148680?ONDATE2=28.01.1992&action=compare|date=January 28, 1992|title=Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the establishment of the national airline of Uzbekistan}}</ref>. In [[Tashkent]], [[Nukus]], [[Samarkand]], [[Bukhara]], [[Urgench]], [[Termez]], [[Karshi]], [[Namangan]], [[Fergana]], [[Navoi]] there are airports equipped with modern equipment. [[Tashkent International Airport]] is the largest international airport in the [[Central Asian]] region. The airports of [[Bukhara]], [[Samarkand]], [[Urgench]]also have international status. The National Airline [[Uzbekistan Airways]] regularly performs 20 international flights. 44 representative offices have been opened in the cities of [[Europe]], [[America]], [[Southeast Asia]] and the [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] countries<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cis.minsk.by/reestr/ru/index.html#reestr/view/text?doc=1|title=Agreement on the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States|publisher=CIS Executive Committee|accessdate=2008-01-14|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060721024111/http://cis.minsk.by/main.aspx?uid=176#reestr/view/text?doc=1#reestr/view/text?doc=1|archivedate=2006-07-21}}</ref>.. Over the years of independence, the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan has allocated 1 billion 200 million dollars to the [[aviation]] industry. Investments in the amount of US dollars were made and a developed modern infrastructure was built. All [[international flight]]s are carried out on [[Boeing]] 767/757, A-310, U-85 aircraft. The national airline [[Uzbekistan Airways]] cooperates with large European companies [[Airbus]] Industry, American companies [[Boeing]], Russian design bureau Ilyushin, German and French firms in various fields.