Afghan-Turkmenistan border photos « Railways of Afghanistan

Afghan-Turkmenistan border photos

There are photographs of the railway across the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan border at www.wuestenfuchs.com, the website of Norbert Ratzke of Köln who was in Herat from January to April 2004.

The pictures show a 1520 mm gauge diesel loco (half of a 2ТЭ10Л?) crossing the border, and the freight yard at Towraghondi.

There is no railway transport in the country. At the Turkmen-Afghan border a Russian train runs about 500 meters on Afghan territory. There it is unloaded and returns to Turkmenistan.

In 2007 Turkmenistan launched a USD 550 000 programme to upgrade the line.

Tags: Towraghondi, Turkmenistan

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John says:

November 3, 2008 at 06:31

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