President Shavkat Mirziyoyev celebrated the culmination of Tashkent's metro expansion's second phase today, uniting the city's aboveground and underground lines into a single, integrated circuit. This milestone follows the earlier completion of the Sergeli line, which was part of the project's initial phase.
During the event, Mirziyoyev joined residents for a subway ride and discussed the project's significance since its 2017 start.
"We've successfully merged the underground and elevated metro lines to form a loop that will serve our citizens and make history," said the President.
The latest phase added 12 km of raised tracks and introduced seven new stations, connecting the Kuylyuk massif to the Sergeli district. The new route is projected to accommodate over 40,000 daily riders and reduce end-to-end travel time to a mere 15 minutes.
Tashkent's expanding metro now stretches across 70-plus kilometers, boasting 50 stations. 38 kilometers were built post-1977, with the remaining 32 kilometers laid in the past seven years. The extended system anticipates a daily ridership of up to 750,000 passengers.
Complementing the metro expansion, Tashkent also welcomed 1000 new buses this year, boosting the city's daily public transit usage to approximately 1.4 million riders. This mass transit growth aims to cut back on road traffic and diminish the dependency on personal cars.
