Uzbekistan: National operator Uzbekistan Temir Yollari (UTY) has presented its rolling stock renewal strategy for 2026–2030 to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The company’s Chairman, Zufar Narzullaev, outlined plans to modernise and expand the national fleet across several categories of rolling stock.
The programme includes the production of 10,000 new freight wagons and the overhaul of 6,000 existing ones. The country currently operates two specialist facilities: the Tashkent Foundry and Mechanical Factory and the Andijan Mechanical Plant, both owned by the national operator. According to ROLLINGSTOCK analysts, the two sites together can produce between 1,000 and 1,500 freight wagons annually.
Hopper bodies at the Tashkent Foundry and Mechanical Factory. Source: UTY
It also provides for the purchase of 38 mainline and 50 shunting locomotives, while 12 electric locomotives will undergo overhaul. A contract for the supply and modernisation of the mainline locomotives is currently being fulfilled by CRRC, and the shunting locomotives are also planned for purchase from this company.
O’Z12T diesel locomotive from CRRC at the Navoiy station. Source: Yangi Oʻzbekiston
The plan further includes the acquisition of 23 intercity EMUs. At the end of 2024, an EP3D trainset built by TMH arrived in Uzbekistan. This is the first new EMU to be delivered to the country since the 1980s. While the purchase of 30 units was announced, no official confirmation of contracts has yet been published. Two years earlier, UTY also announced a deal for the same number of trains with Czech manufacturer Škoda Group, but no updates have followed since. Recently, Škoda Group’s CEO, Petr Novotný, stated that the company is ready to establish a joint venture in Uzbekistan with local assembly.
EP3D electric train by TMH on the line between Aranchi and Chirchiq. Source: rolly/railgallery
Uzbekistan also plans to produce 250 passenger coaches, which are manufactured domestically at the Tashkent Passenger Carriage Construction and Repair Plant. In April, UTY transferred the plant into trust management under the Russian–Kazakh joint venture Transport Engineering Center. Several TMH top managers have since joined the Tashkent plant’s supervisory board. TMH General Director Kirill Lipa announced in summer that localisation of production in Uzbekistan could begin by the end of 2025.
Rendering of the Hyundai Rotem train for Uzbekistan Temir Yollari. Source: Hyundai Rotem
Finally, Uzbekistan has signed a contract with Hyundai Rotem for the supply of six high-speed EMUs. The trains are scheduled to enter service in 2026 on the route between Tashkent and Khiva, with an operational speed of 250 km/h.
