Chairman Rovshan Rustamov of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC met with his counterpart, Chairman of the Turkmen Railways Agency Azat Atamuradov, and a high-level delegation from the Turkmen Marine and River Ways agency (Turkmendenizderyayollary) during a recent working visit to Ashgabat. Discussions focused on strengthening railway cooperation between the two countries, with an aim to increase cargo […]
Turkmen Railways Accelerates Cargo Transit Times
Demiryollary JSC, the state-owned passenger and cargo carrier of the Turkmen railway network, is actively working to improve the efficiency of transit, import, and export cargo transportation through Turkmenistan. A key focus is on accelerating the movement of transit wagons through the country, and Demiryollary announces significant reductions in travel times achieved in February 2024: Sarakhs […]
Turkmen Railways Streamlines Cargo Handling with Efficient Unloading and Loading Services – Tariffs
Turkmen Railways, through its 20th branch of the JSC Demiryollary (Railways), offers comprehensive and efficient unloading and loading services for international cargo shipments. This includes import, export, and transit operations across various stations throughout the country. At the Anau station in Akhal province, customers benefit from specialized services for unloading imported goods like construction materials […]
Turkmen Railways Offer Attractive Discounts for International Transit via Turkmenbashi Port
The Turkmenbashi International Seaport presents a strategic location for transit, import, and export operations in the region. At a recent roundtable highlighting its role as a Central Asian export hub, a representative from Demiryollary JSC (Railways) announced several benefits for utilizing transit routes through the port in 2024: Significant Discounts: 40% discount: on raw sugar […]
Turkmenistan Railways Publishes Schedule for Transit Freight Trains
The official website of Turkmen Railways published a schedule for transit freight trains. *Local time (GMT+5) ///cross-post from Turkmenistan Railways
Streamlining Cargo in Turkmenistan: Turkmenpost and Turkmen Railways Join Forces
The postal service company Turkmenpost and the national railway operator Turkmen Railways have launched a new automated cargo transportation management system. This collaboration aims to make shipping goods within the country significantly easier and faster. Benefits for cargo carriers: Effortless Documentation: The system offers most processes online, including calculating costs, preparing documents, and selecting the […]
Turkmenistan Drives Regional Connections with Growing Container Traffic
In January-December 2023, 52 container trains passed through the territory of Turkmenistan in the directions Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia and Russia-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran, reports JSC Demiryollary (Turkmen state-run company, passenger and cargo carrier of the Turkmen railway network). In 2023, 10,799 container shipments were carried out from the territory of Turkmenistan, including 5,614 transit, 2,316 export and 2,869 import container […]
Turkmen Railways releases transit time and distance data for wagons traveling via Turkmenistan
The agency “Turkmen Railways” (Turkmendemiryollary) released information about the transit time of wagons through the territory of Turkmenistan by rail. The information includes data on the distances between border crossing points at the entry and exit of the country, as well as the estimated travel time between stations. Entry border crossing (rail station) Exit border crossing […]
Russian company to help “digitize” Turkmen railways
On the sidelines of the conference and exhibition “International Transport and Transit Corridors: Interconnection and Development” (ITTC-2023) in Ashgabat, Russian Railways-Technologies (RZD-Technologies) and the Turkmen Railway Company signed a memorandum of cooperation. The parties agreed on partnership cooperation in the digital sphere. The Memorandum of cooperation was signed by Pavel Dykun, Commercial Director – Head […]
Russian Railways and Turkmen Railways to launch joint digitalization projects
Russian Railways (RZD) and the railway carrier of Turkmenistan “Demiryollary” (Railways) inked several documents on partnership on the sidelines of the second day (4 May 2023) of the International Conference in Ashgabat dedicated to international transport and transit corridors. They include: Roadmap for digitalization of cargo transportation (between Russian Railways and Demiryollary), which fixes […]
Russian and Turkmen Railways signed cooperation program
The head of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov and the chairman of the agency “Turkmendemirellary” (Turkmen Railways) Azat Atamuradov signed a cooperation development program for 2023-2025. The document provides for cooperation in the following areas: development of transportation and logistics services, including the organization of a regular container service along the eastern route of the international […]
Russian and Turkmen Railways outlined further steps to promote the North–South corridor
A meeting of representatives of JSC “Russian Railways Logistics”, JSC “Russian Railways” and Turkmen Railways was held in Ashgabat. During the meeting, the mechanisms of bilateral cooperation on improving the conditions of cargo transportation along the eastern branch of the International Transport Corridor “North – South” were considered, Russian Railways Logistics reports. The parties discussed […]
Turkmen and Russian Railways intend to launch regular container service
On 19 October, Oleg Belozerov, CEO of Russian Railways, met in Ashgabat with Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Co-Chairman of the Intergovernmental Russian-Turkmen Commission on Economic Cooperation Rashid Meredov, Director General of the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Mammethan […]