Subway of Tachkent

The Subway of Tachkent, capital of the Ouzbékistan, is the only underground railway network in Central Asia, open with 9 stations on November 6th 1977 after 9 years of work. Today, the network has 3 lines ( Tchilanzar (since 1977), Ouzbékistan (1984) and Younous-Abad (2001)) with 36 stations, adding up 39,1 km of ways. The 4th line ( Seguili ) is planned for 2010-2012. In 2000, the custom of the subway of Tachkent was of 93 million passengers per annum. Today it would have reached more than 125 million passengers per annum. The subway of Tachkent is sumptuously decorated with noble materials (Marbre, Granite, cast iron, Bronze, etc), and no station does not resemble itself. Much of them whose names had a communist or Russian reference was re-elected after the indépendence (September 1st 1991), the decorations with reasons evoking the Soviet past were also dismantled. The stations currently bear the names of the poets, the Uzbek statesmen or the places towards which they give access.

The tunnel of the subway of Tachkent is designed to support the earthquakes going up to 10 degrees according to the scale of Richter. It can also be used as nuclear shelter. The subway is regarded as a strategic site, to make photographs or there to film is strictly prohibited by the omnipresent police force.

Les names on this chart is not in conformity with the orthography ouzbèke. They are more or less transcribed according to the principles of the orthography anglaise.

}!! Uzbek name (Latin) * !! Uzbek name (Cyrillic) !! French significance |- | 1|| Sobir Rahimov|| СобирРаҳимов|| in the name of Rakhimov Pidgin, first Uzbek general during the Second world war |----- | 2|| Chilonzor|| Чилонзор|| in the name of the district Tchilanzar (wants to say " fleuri" place;) in the west of the city, very wooded |----- | 3|| Mirzo Ulug`bek|| МирзоУлуғбек|| in the name of Mirzo Ulugbek (Ulugh Beg), large scientist and governor of the Middle Ages, grandson of Tamerlan (1394 - 1449) |----- | 4|| Hamza|| Ҳамза|| in the name of Khamza Khakimzada Niyazi, revolutionary poet (1889 - 1929) assassinated by the Moudjahiddin S |----- | 5|| Milliy Bog `|| Миллийбоғ|| means " the National" Park; |----- | 6|| Halqlar C `stligi|| ҲалқларДўстлиги|| means " Friendship of the peuples" , in the name of the place of the same name |----- | 7|| Paxtakor|| Пахтакор|| Pakhtakor means " Farmer of the Cotton " , in the name of the stage of the same name and the national team of Football (“Pakhtakor Tachkent”), which perished complete at the time of a crash landing of a plane in the Seventies |----- | 8|| Mustaqillik Maydoni|| МустақилликМайдони|| means " Place of Indépendence" |----- | 9|| Amir Temur Xiyoboni|| АмирТемур Xиёбони|| means " Public garden Tamerlan " , large conqueror (1336 - 1405) |----- | 10|| Hamid Olimjon|| ҲамидОлимжон|| in the name of Khamid Alimdjan, poet and Uzbek writer (1909 - 1944) |----- | 11|| Pushkin|| Пушкин|| in the name of Alexandre Pouchkine, large Russian poet (1799 - 1837) |----- | 12|| Buyuk Ipak Yo' Li|| БуюкИпакЙўли|| means " Large Silk route " |}

}!! Uzbek name (Latin) !! Uzbek name (Cyrillic) !! French significance |- | 1|| Beruniy|| Беруний|| in the name of Abu Raihan Biruni, large philosopher and scientist (973 - 1048) |----- | 2|| Tinchlik|| Тинчлик|| means " Paix" , in the name of the place with the same name |----- | 3|| Chorsu|| Чорсу|| in the name of the district of Chorsu (means " Four sources"), in the Old city, with a large market |----- | 4|| G `afur G `ulom|| ҒафурҒулом|| in the name of Ghafur Ghuliam, Uzbek writer (1903 - 1966) |----- | 5|| Alisher Navoiy|| АлишерНавоий|| in the name of Alicher Navoï, large poet, founder of the literary language Uzbek (1441 - 1501) |----- | 6|| O `zbiekiston|| Ўзбекистон|| means " Ouzbékistan ", in the name of the avenue of the same name |----- | 7|| Kosmonavtlar|| Космонавтлар|| means " Cosmonaut s" , in the name of the avenue of the same name |----- | 8|| Oybek|| Ойбек|| in the name of Aïbek (Musa Tashmukhamedov), Uzbek poet (1905 - 1968) |----- | 9|| Toshkent|| Тошкент|| in the name of the railway station " Tachkent" (Central Station) |----- | 10|| Mashinasozlar|| Машинасозлар|| means " Machinerie" , the agricultural combine of machinery is near the station |----- | 11|| Chkalov|| Чкалов|| in the name of Valéry Tchkalov, large Soviet aviator (1904 - 1938); the factory of aeronautics in the name of Tchkalov is near the station |}

}!! Uzbek name (Latin) !! Uzbek name (Cyrillic) !! French significance |- | 1|| Janubiy ** || Жанубий|| means " of Midi" , the Station of the South is near the station |----- | 2|| Usmon Nosir **|| УсмонНосир|| in the name of Ousman Nassir, Uzbek poet (1912 - 1944) |----- | 3|| To `qimachi **|| Тўқимачи|| means " Worker of the Textile " , a large factory of the textile is near the station |----- | 4|| Bobur **|| Бобур|| in the name of Bâbur, descendant of Tamerlan and Gengis Khan, celebrates conquering India and founder of the dynasty moghole (1483 - 1530) |----- | 5|| Ming O `rik|| МингЎрик|| means " Thousand Apricot tree s" , one of the first names of Tachkent |----- | 6|| Yunus Rajabiy|| ЮнусРажабий|| in the name of Younous Radjabi, Uzbek highly skilled type-setter, the first to have put in partitions Uzbek traditional music. (1897 - 1976) |----- | 7|| Abdulla Qodiriy|| АбдуллаҚодирий|| in the name of Abdullah Kadiri, poet and Uzbek writer (1894 - 1938) |----- | 8|| Minor|| Минор|| in the name of the Minar district, which means the Minaret, the tower |----- | 9|| Bodomzor|| Бодомзор|| in the name of the Badamzar district, which means " Valley of the Pistachio s" |----- | 10|| Habib Abdullayev|| ҲабибАбдуллаев|| in the name of Khabib Abdullaev, scientist and Uzbek geologist, academician, president of the Academy of sciences of the RSS of Ouzbékistan (1912 - 1962) |----- | 11|| Fayzulla Xo`jayev**|| ФайзуллаХўжаев|| in the name of Faïzoulla Khodjaïev, first chief of the government of the Ouzbékistan (1896 - 1938) |----- | 12|| Yunusobod **|| Юнусобод|| in the name of the district Younous-abad (" Town of Younous (Jonas) "), district-dormitory of the north of the city |----- | 13|| Turkiston **|| Туркистон|| in the name of the Turkestan, great area of Central Asia |}

Notes:

* the Uzbek names are written with their exact orthography ouzbèke and differ from this fact of the transliteration of French Russian.

** Station in construction

External bonds

East-Voyages on the subway of Tachkent
MetaSubway Tashkent (the data of this site are not up to date).
the UrbainRail site on the subway of Tachkent

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