Photos of Hairatan taken by Cyril Groue on 12 August 2012. Includes some wagons, and views of the Friendship Bridge.
Photographs
Soviet-era photos of the Afghan rail links
Some RIA Novosti photos:
- Afghan fuel trucks at the Soviet-Afghan border. Turkmenistan, 04/18/1978 [18 April 1978], author Fred Grinberg. A black and white photo of showing the railway on the left.
- Afghan gasoline tank trucks with the Soviet fuel en route to the city of Herat is a colour picture of the same location. It is dated 06/01/1978 [but is that DD/MM//YYYY, or MM/DD/YYYY], however it looks to be taken at almost the same time as the picture above – compare the vehicles and the people.
- New bridge connecting the Soviet port of Termez and the Afghan port of Hairatan, event date 07/01/1984.
Freight train photo
“Yes, the first railway in Afghanistan is working… finally. But in the moment just for ISAF.”
A photograph of a freight train taken on 29 May 2012 by Julian G Albert, who also has other photos of Traffic & Logistics in Afghanistan.
Ambassador at Hairatan
Some 20 February 2010 photos of Hairatan at the website of Mohammad Sadiq, Ambassador of Pakistan to Afghanistan: Yes Afghanistan has railways-this one linked Heratan Port with the Soviet Union
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Videos of Hayratan
This video includes a road crossing of the Friendship Bridge, starting from about 3:04 in:
This video starts with a black and white photo of the railway:
A video of the road from Hayratan to Kabul in 2009; no trains though:
Termez and Hairaton from space
It’s worth downloading the full size image for a detailed view.
Tashkent Transport blog
The Ташкентский транспорт blog has updates on trains, trams and buses in Tashkent. Worth a browse.
Soviet photos of the Hairatan rail link
Some Soviet photos of the Friendship Bridge and Hairatan, showing the railway.
Photos of the Mazar-i-Sharif railway
“Rebuilding Afghanistan’s transport and energy network” is a September 2011 gallery of really excellent photographs of the new railway to Mazar-i-Sharif, taken by Jawad Jalali of the Afghan Eyes photo agency.
Photo 32 shows a building which looks distinctly like a passenger station.
Freight trains at Mazar-i-Sharif
“Afghanistan joins railroad era _ 100 years late” an Associated Press article by Kay Johnson, dated 10 March 2012, with photos of trains near Mazar-i-Sharif taken by AP’s Mustafa Najafizada on 6 March 2012.