TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, October 11. Uzbekistan Temir Yullari JSC (Uzbekistan Railways) will open a number of new separate companies for development of infrastructure, freight cars and logistics, as well as passenger transportation and station management by the end of 2023, Trend reports.
The companies to be created:
Temiryulinfratuzilma JSC — to ensure the functioning of road facilities, power supply, signaling and communication facilities, as well as locomotive facilities, a single dispatch center and freight stations
Temiryulkargo JSC — for the provision of cargo transportation services, maintenance and development of freight wagons and containers, organization of multimodal door-to-door transportation, logistics centers and terminals
Temiryulexpress JSC — for the provision of passenger transportation services by high-speed trains, as well as the maintenance and development of the economy of high-speed trains
Moreover, 2 limited liability companies will be created in the structure of Uztemiryulyulovchi JSC to ensure the activities of railway stations and for ensuring implementation of suburban transportation.
Uzbekistan Railways will provide accounting, finance, management, and digitalization, as well as procurement and professional development services to organizations within its structure.
Earlier this month, Uzbekistan Railways and Russian Railways (RZD JSC) signed a memorandum on the development of bilateral and transit railway communication.
The document is aimed at strengthening the partnership in the field of rail transport between Russia and Uzbekistan, as well as the development of multimodal transport corridors and the digitalization of the industry.