Trans-Caspian Railway

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The Trans-Caspian Railway is a historic rail line in Central Asia that formed a key part of the Russian Empire’s and later the Soviet Union’s transportation network across the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical railway ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
builtBy Russian Empire ⓘ
completed 1890s ⓘ
connects Caspian Sea region ⓘ
Fergana Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Ferghana Valley

Transcaspian Oblast ⓘ
constructionStart 1879 ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
country Kazakhstan ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
electrification partially electrified ⓘ
endPoint Tashkent ⓘ
follows historic Silk Road corridor ⓘ
gauge 1,520 mm ⓘ
historicalRole facilitated Russian conquest and control of Central Asia ⓘ
military supply route for Russian Empire in Central Asia ⓘ
stimulated economic development in Central Asia ⓘ
languageOfName Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
namedAfter Caspian Sea ⓘ
opened 1880s ⓘ
operator Russian Empire ⓘ
Soviet Railways ⓘ
Turkmenistan Railways ⓘ
Uzbekistan Railways ⓘ
ownership successor states of the Soviet Union in Central Asia ⓘ
partOf Central Asian railway network ⓘ
Russian Empire transportation network ⓘ
Soviet Union transportation network ⓘ
passesThrough Ashgabat ⓘ
Bukhara ⓘ
linked to: Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Merv ⓘ
Samarkand ⓘ
regionServed Amu Darya basin ⓘ
linked to: Amu Darya region

Karakum Desert ⓘ
Turkmen desert ⓘ
linked to: Karakum Desert
significance key east–west rail corridor in Central Asia ⓘ
strategic imperial infrastructure project of the Russian Empire ⓘ
startPoint Krasnovodsk ⓘ
Türkmenbaşy ⓘ
status in operation ⓘ
trackGauge Russian gauge ⓘ
usedFor freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Balkanabat → transportConnection → Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ
Transcaspia → traversedBy → Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ
Aralsk → railwayLine → Orenburg–Tashkent railway ⓘ
linked to: Trans-Caspian Railway
Ahal Region → containsRailway → Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ
Nebit-Dag → transportConnection → Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ
Charjuy → transportConnection → Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ
Russia in Central Asia in 1889 and the Anglo-Russian Question → relatedTo → Transcaspian Railway ⓘ
linked to: Trans-Caspian Railway
Türkmenabat → railwayJunctionOf → Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ
Turkmen rail network → mainLine → Trans‑Caspian Railway ⓘ
linked to: Trans-Caspian Railway
Turkmen rail network → historicalCore → former Trans‑Caspian Railway of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Trans-Caspian Railway
Transcaspian Oblast → railway → Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ
Transcaspian Oblast → significantInfrastructure → Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ
Chardjuy → railwayConnection → Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ
Charjou → locatedOnRoute → Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ
Türkmendemirýollary → operatesLine → Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ
Türkmenabat railway station → connectsTo → Trans-Caspian Railway corridor ⓘ
linked to: Trans-Caspian Railway