To coordinate the CASCA+ railway corridor, a consortium is planned to be established

The management of Uzbek Railways has initiated the formation of a consortium to coordinate freight transportation along the CASCA+ transport corridor, this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

The proposal from the Uzbek side was supported by representatives of railway administrations and exporting companies from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey at a meeting in Tashkent.

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The Uzbek delegation also proposed to establish transportation of perishable goods (fruits and vegetables) in reefer containers along the CASCA+ corridor and to create a system for online monitoring of the whereabouts of wagons and containers.

The CASCA+ multimodal transport project is an initiative of the state railways of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan. The route covers three regions – Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan), the South Caucasus (Azerbaijan and Georgia), and Anatolia (Turkey). The “+” sign in the name symbolizes the readiness to accept new participants.

In December 2022, the first container train with copper concentrate passed along the CASCA+ route (from Uzbekistan to Bulgaria).

Source: Uzbek Railways

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