Uzbekistan: The six-car train recently delivered to the country has began revenue service between Tashkent and Xoʻjakent on 3 December. With a speed of up to 120 km/h, it has reduced the journey time from 2 hours 15 minutes to a just over 1 hour.
Built by the Demikhovo Engineering Works, a subsidiary of TMH, the EP3D can accommodate up to 1,164 passengers, 586 of them seated. Its entrances provide greater comfort for people with disabilities and have racks for bicycles.
Inside the EP3D EMU. Source: Farzona Khamidova/Gazeta.uz
As Doston Sotiboldiev, head of the Tashkent South Railway Station, told Gazeta.uz five such trains are planned for purchase in 2025. At the same time, the Uzbek rail transport modernisation programme calls for the purchase of 30 such trains by 2030.
The country has also ordered 30 four-car EMUs from Škoda Group, however the implementation of the contract wasn’t given publicity, and Škoda Group left unaddressed enquiries from ROLLINGSTOCK.
