DUSHANBE, February 5, 2016, Asia-Plus – Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda has inspected the pace of construction of the Vahdat-Yovon railway.

According to the PM Secretariat, the railway is expected to be introduced into operation in September this year, on the threshold of the 25th anniversary of Tajikistan’s Independence that will be celebrated on September 9.

While in the Yovon district, the prime minister also visited the sites for construction of plants for production of cement, plasterboards, cryolite and aluminum fluoride, the source said.  

We will recall that the Vahdat-Yovon railway project includes construction of three tunnels with total length of more than 3.7 kilometers and five bridges with total length of 712 meters along the railway.

The Vahdat-Yovon railway that is 46.3 kilometers in length is being built in two stages.  The first phase of the project includes construction of 13 kilometers of railway from the railway station Ilyak in the Vahdat district to the railway station Gambuloq in the Roudaki district.  The second phase includes construction of a 33.3-kilometer railway from the Gambuloq station to the railway station Yovon-2 that will connect the railways Dushanbe-Vahdat and Yovon-Qurghon Teppa.

The present railway link joining the Tajik capital and Qurghon Teppa, which is 429 kilometers in length, runs across the territory of Uzbekistan. 

The Vahdat-Yovon railway will link the country''s central part with the southern province of Khatlon and will make it possible to shorten the distance by 152 kilometers.