Hairatan to Mazar-e-Sharif Railway Project
Hairatan to Mazar-e-Sharif Railway Project
Locations
Type
Rail
Status
Completed
Total Reported Cost
170.0 million USD
Initiatives
Start Date
Sept. 2009
Start of Construction
Jan. 2010
Planned Completion Date
Nov. 2010
Contractors
Consultants
Implementers
Operators
Funders
| Source(s) | Amount |
|---|---|
| 165,000,000 USD | |
| 5,000,000 USD |
Description
The Hairatan to Mazar-e-Sharif Railway Project links Afghanistan's northern Balkh Province to the Uzbekistan border, where it connects with Uzbekistan's railway network. Operated by the state-owned Uzbekistan Railways (Uzbek Temir Yollari), the Hairatan to Mazar-e-Sharif railway is only one of two railways ever built in Afghanistan, the first of which was constructed nearly a century ago in the early 1920s.
