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Timetable for long distance (left) and suburban (right) trains at Tashkent station. 2005-09-16 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside Samarkand station: Timetable in Uzbek language. 2005-09-17 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside Samarkand station: Timetable in Russian language. 2005-09-17 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Announcement about the introduction of a new express train service: From 5th of september 2005 the fast express train no. 9/10 "Sharq" will start to run Tashkent - Buchara - Tashkent on mondays, tuesdays, wednesdays and thursdays. In fact it ran Tashkent - Buchara on the days listed, but the return trip was one day later (tue, wed,thu,fri). I didn't find the train in various timetable sources since march 2006, I don't know whether it is operating now. 2005-09-18 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Samarkand station. Marshutkas are waiting for passengers. The trolleybus system does not work anymore, public transport has been taken over by hundreds of Daewoo Dama minibusses 2005-09-18 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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View from express train no. 10 "Sharq" (Tashkent - Buchara), somewhere between Navoj and Buchara. 2005-09-19 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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View from express train no. 10 "Sharq" (Tashkent - Buchara), somewhere between Navoj and Buchara. 2005-09-19 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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View from express train no. 10 "Sharq" (Tashkent - Buchara), somewhere between Navoj and Buchara. 2005-09-19 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Timetable at Buchara 1 station. 2005-09-19 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Timetable at Navoj station. 2005-09-22 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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View from train 56 (Tashkent - Urgench), somewhere on the new line from Uchkuduk to Miskin. 2005-09-23 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Train 56 (Tashkent - Urgench) passing the Miskin triangle. The line to right leads towards Turtkul - Nukus (opened in 2002), the line to the left goes to Gazarasp - Urgench (without passing Miskin station, opened in 2004, AFAIK) and crosses a new bridge over the Amu-Darja some kilometers from here. See http://www.parovoz.com/maps/supermap/supermap.php?X=E&Y=5&LANG=en for details of the railway lines in this area. 2005-09-23 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Train 56 (Tashkent - Urgench) passing the Miskin triangle. Miskin station in the background, train 56 uses a avoiding-curve to continue it's journey to Urgench via Gazarasp without calling at Miskin. See http://www.parovoz.com/maps/supermap/supermap.php?X=E&Y=5&LANG=en for details of the railway lines in this area. 2005-09-23 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Train 56 (Tashkent - Urgench) passing the Miskin triangle. Miskin station in the background, train 56 uses a avoiding-curve to continue it's journey to Urgench via Gazarasp without calling at Miskin. See http://www.parovoz.com/maps/supermap/supermap.php?X=E&Y=5&LANG=en for details of the railway lines in this area. 2005-09-23 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Train 56 (Tashkent - Urgench) crossing a canal somewhere between Miskin triangle and Gazarasp. 2005-09-23 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Train 56 (Tashkent - Urgench) approaching the new bridge over Amu-Darja between Miskin triangle and Gazarasp. 2005-09-23 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Train 56 (Tashkent - Urgench) approaching the new bridge over Amu-Darja between Miskin triangle and Gazarasp. 2005-09-23 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Train 56 (Tashkent - Urgench) approaching the new bridge over Amu-Darja between Miskin triangle and Gazarasp. 2005-09-23 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Bridge over the Amudarija on the new line between Miskin and Gazarasp (see http://www.parovoz.com/maps/supermap/supermap.php?X=E&Y=5&LANG=en). Photo taken from train no. 56 (Tashkent - Urgench). Samarkand, 2005-09-23 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Timetable at Urgench station. Also a Turkmen transit train (Ashgabad - Tashavuz) is listed, alltough it passes Urgench without stop. Trains at Turtgul (60 km by Taxi from Urgencg) and Miskin (90 km by Taxi from Urgench) stations are also listed. 2005-09-23 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Timetable at Turtkul station. The Astrachan - Dushanbe transit train has no commercial stops in Uzbekistan. Other trains in september 2005: twice-weekly Tashkent - Kungrad and v.v., once weekly Tashkent - Saratov and v.v. and a daily local train Turtkul - Nukus. 2005-09-25 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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View from train 331 (Tashkent - Saratov) somewhere between Turtgul and Nukus. 2005-09-25 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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View from train 331 (Tashkent - Saratov) somewhere between Turtgul and Nukus. 2005-09-25 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Train 331 (Tashkent - Saratov) crossing the Amudarja on it's way from Nukus to Kungrad. 2005-09-25 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at