Editing Transport in Tajikistan

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[[File:Tajikistan pol01.jpg|thumb|2001 map of Tajikistan including road and rail network]]
Most of rugged [[Tajikistan]]'s [[transportation]] system was built during the [[Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet era]], and since that time the system has deteriorated badly because of insufficient investment and maintenance. In 2013, Tajikistan, like many of the other [[Central Asia]]n countries, was experiencing major development in its transportation sector. Beginning in 2005, a series of major transportation projects  begun. The first such project, the [[Anzob Tunnel]], was inaugurated in 2006, providing a year-round road link from [[Dushanbe]] to northern Tajikistan.

== Airports ==
[[File:Dushanbe Airport (DYU).jpg|thumb|Dushanbe International Airport]]
In 2009 Tajikistan had 26 airports,<ref name="CIAFactbook" /> 18 of which had paved runways, of which two had runways longer than 3,000 meters.<ref name="CIA" /> Tajikistan has two domestic airlines ([[Tajik Air]] and [[Somon Air]]) and is also serviced by foreign air companies (mainly Russian). The country's main airport is [[Dushanbe International Airport]] which, as of May 2014, had regularly scheduled flights to such major cities as Almaty, Baku, Bishkek, Delhi, Dubai, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Kabul, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Sharjah, Tehran, and Ürümqi among others.

No flights connect Dushanbe with Tashkent. The next largest airports behind Dushanbe are at [[Khudzhand Airport|Khujand]] and [[Kulob Airport|Kulob]].<ref name="cp" /> As of 2007 air transport was said to be unreliable.<ref name="cp">[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Tajikistan.pdf Tajikistan country profile]. [[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]] (January 2007). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].''</ref>

== Railways ==
{{main|Rail transport in Tajikistan}}
[[File:Duschanbe Bahnhof.jpg|thumb|[[Dushanbe railway station]]]]
The [[railroad]] system totals only {{convert|680|km|mi}} of track,<ref name="CIAFactbook">{{cite web|url = https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tajikistan/ | title = CIA World Factbook - Tajikistan | date = April 28, 2010 | access-date = May 21, 2010}}</ref> all of it {{RailGauge|1520mm}} [[Russian gauge|broad gauge]]. The principle segments are in the southwestern region and connect the capital with the industrial areas of the [[Gissar]] and [[Vakhsh, Tajikistan|Vakhsh]] valleys and with [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Kazakhstan]] and [[Russia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBSardpSH0E|title=Migrant Express Part 1: Good-bye Dushanbe|date=September 2009 |accessdate=March 3, 2023|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> In 2000 a new line, the [[Bokhtar]] – [[Kulab, Tajikistan|Kulyab]] railway, was completed and connected the [[Kulob District|Kulyab District]] with the central area of the country.<ref name="tajikistanmission.ch">Tajik Mission to the UN Geneva, {{cite web |url=http://www.tajikistanmission.ch/business-and-investment/infrastructure.html |title=Tajikistan Mission - Infrastructure |access-date=2014-05-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531142944/http://www.tajikistanmission.ch/business-and-investment/infrastructure.html |archive-date=2014-05-31 }}</ref>  Passenger transit through Tajikistan has been hindered by periodic failures of Tajik Railways to pay transit tariffs and by safety issues.<ref name="cp" /> Most international freight traffic is carried by train.<ref name="tajikistanmission.ch" />

It is hoped that a 2009 agreement between the heads of state of Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan will modernize parts of Tajikistan's rail system to allow more trade between Central Asian countries.<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 |publisher=Associated Press of Pakistan |date=10 August 2009 |access-date=11 August 2009}}</ref>

=== Stations served ===

{{main|Railway stations in Tajikistan}}

== Highways ==
{{see also|Pamir Highway}} {{section update|date=November 2024}}
[[File:Pamir Highway Route.jpg|thumb|Pamir Highway Route]]
[[File:1229 chineseBridge1.jpg|thumb|right|Chinese workers build a bridge on the road between Dushanbe and Khujand, 2007]]
The total length of roads in the country is 27,800 kilometers, nearly all of which were built before 1991. 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" />

As of 2014 many highway and tunnel construction projects were underway or recently completed. Major projects include rehabilitation of the Dushanbe – Chanak (Uzbek border), Dushanbe – Kulma (Chinese border), 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, The 2.3km Shar-Shar car tunnel linking Tajikistan and China opened to traffic on Aug. 30, Siyavush Mekhtan, 2009-09-03]</ref> and Chormazak.<ref>[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, 12/02/2014 15:49, Payrav Chorshanbiyev]</ref> These were supported by international donor countries.<ref name="tajikistanmission.ch" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/leighturner/2013/05/07/trade-tunnels-transit-and-training-in-mountainous-tajikistan/|title=Trade, tunnels, transit and training in mountainous Tajikistan &#124; Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Blogs|first=Leigh|last=Turner|date=May 7, 2013|accessdate=March 3, 2023}}</ref> [[China]] has invested approximately $720 million for infrastructure improvements in Tajikistan, including the rebuilding, widening and improvement of the road between Dushanbe and Khujand which as of August 2007 is proceeding using equipment, labor, and oversight from China.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav080107a.shtml|title= Tajikistan: A Chines Road to the Future?|publisher=EURASIANET|access-date=2008-06-09 }}</ref>

In mid-2005 construction began on a bridge across the [[Panj River]] to [[Afghanistan]] which was funded by the [[United States]] and opened in August 2007<ref name="CIA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tajikistan/|title=Tajikistan|date=February 28, 2023|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|accessdate=March 3, 2023|via=CIA.gov}}</ref> and plans called for construction of several other bridges ultimately connecting Tajikistan to warm-water ports to the south.<ref name="cp" />

The [[Pakistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan Highway]], a new {{convert|1300|km|mi}} long road is planned to pass through the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province and Dushanbe and in 2013 Tajikistan announced that all road construction on its side of the border had been completed.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} According to President Zardari of Pakistan, {{Quote|... [the] opening up of road links [is] critical to bringing the countries of the region closer together and for increasing trade and people to people contacts for the economic and social benefits of all countries.<ref name="pak" />}}

== Pipelines ==

Tajikistan's 549 kilometers of gas pipeline bring [[natural gas]] from Uzbekistan to Dushanbe and transport gas between points in Uzbekistan across northwestern Tajikistan. Tajikistan also has 38 kilometers of oil pipeline.<ref name="CIAFactbook" />

== Ports and waterways ==

Tajikistan has no access to the sea and no navigable inland waterways.<ref name="cp" />

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/tajikist.pdf UN Map]
* [http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/3dee2cd70.pdf UNHCR Atlas Map]

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