The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway will surely become an important bridge for China's influence to extend to Central Asia and West Asia!
Once completed, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway will eventually connect to Tehran, the capital of Iran, and then enter Turkey, and then pass through Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, to European countries, and the railway will become the shortest route for Chinese goods to Europe.
The railway passage of the China-Europe train from Xinjiang originally from the Alashankou port and the Khorgos port, but after the opening of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway in the future, the goods can go out from Kashgar to the west, which will be the shortest freight route from China to Europe and the Middle East, and the freight distance will be shortened by 900 kilometers.
On July 18, 2023, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan reached an agreement on the Trans-Afghan Railway. If the Ukrainian-Pakistani railway is opened, the transit time of goods from Pakistan to Uzbekistan will be reduced from the current 35 days to 3-5 days, and the transportation cost of a standard freight container can be reduced by nearly 67%.
In this way, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is the most important link in the Belt and Road Initiative, which will make Xinjiang truly a world-class transportation hub for China's opening to the west.
Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan have started the construction of the Trans-Afghan railway project, and after the opening of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway in the future, China will no longer have to consider the construction of the China-Afghanistan railway and the China-Pakistan railway, and China, Afghanistan and Pakistan can save this large investment.
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is clearly a strategic railway, which will affect many countries in Central Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and even Europe in the future, and is indispensable.
Recently, Kyrgyzstan's State Investment Agency said at a press conference in Bishkek that the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway will start in 2024, and the country's prime minister also said that he has found $500 million in start-up funds for the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway.
It is worth noting that the specific source of funding is not mentioned. Is it a big country in the north or a beautiful country?
The total length of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is about 523 kilometers, and the length of the railway in Kyrgyzstan has reached 260 kilometers, accounting for about 50% of the total mileage In addition, the special topography in Kyrgyzstan leads to the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway through the mountainous area, which needs to build about 90 tunnels, becoming the largest investment section, and may also lead to an increase in the total investment of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, after all, Kyrgyzstan has proposed that the total investment in the country should be increased from 3 billion US dollars to 5 billion US dollars! This total investment is not what Kyrgyzstan can afford, after all, the country's GDP is only about 10.7 billion US dollars, and its financial strength is limited!
If the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is to be repaired, it must be who pays for it and who sets the standards, and Chinese enterprises are not wronged.
In Kyrgyzstan, a small country, the market is not large, and the investment in the construction of the Kyrgyz section of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is not small.
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway must be 1435 mm gauge, otherwise it will be dragged on, and there can be no concessions on issues of principle. Benchmarking is an international standard. Russia uses broad gauge to prevent the entry of other forces, and also blocks the circulation speed of goods on China-Europe trains, delaying the development of Russia's own economy. Russia's own influence in Central Asia has regressed gradually, so it is not in a hurry to the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, as long as it advances steadily.
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway has survived until now, and Russia's so-called agreement to build the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is just a formality.
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project starts from Kashgar Station of China's South Xinjiang Railway, passes through Kyrgyzstan, and ends at Andijan Station in Uzbekistan.
In fact, there are two ports from Kashgar in Xinjiang, you can go to Istanbul and one to Turgat.
In this way, Kyrgyzstan has other ideas about the Kyrgyz section of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway.
Among them, the section of the Makmar section from Turgat to Kyrgyzstan is a quasi-gauge, and the subsequent section is a broad gauge. Kyrgyzstan plans to build a paradepot for quasi-gauge broad-gauge trains in Makmar.
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway changed tracks back and forth, and the local people in Kyrgyzstan had work to do.
Recently, the Kyrgyz president said that the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project will pay off in 35~40 years. Kyrgyzstan will turn from a dead end into a railway transit country. The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway will always serve the people and country of Kyrgyzstan. However, Kyrgyzstan did not find a way to implement the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project.
To build the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, Kyrgyzstan has no funds or technology, and it is not feasible for Kyrgyzstan to build a broad-gauge China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway.
The Kyrgyzstan broad-gauge section of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway, which transports mainly Chinese goods, is extremely inefficient due to the back and forth track changes. Kyrgyzstan does not agree with the unified standard gauge of China's plan, and the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway will be released first.
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway must adopt standard gauge, and if Kyrgyzstan does not agree, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway will not start.
Therefore, the train is on the same track before the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway can be built.
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