Trans-Caspian Railway

E313887

historical railway railway line

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Trans-Caspian Railway canonical	5
Orenburg–Tashkent railway	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical railway ⓘ railway line ⓘ
builtBy	Russian Empire ⓘ
completed	1890s ⓘ
connects	Caspian Sea region ⓘ Ferghana Valley ⓘ surface form: Fergana Valley region 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 ⓘ Ministry of Railways of the USSR ⓘ surface form: Soviet Railways Turkmen rail network ⓘ surface form: 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, Uzbekistan ⓘ surface form: Bukhara Merv ⓘ Samarkand ⓘ
regionServed	Amu Darya region ⓘ surface form: Amu Darya basin Karakum Desert ⓘ Karakum Desert ⓘ surface form: Turkmen 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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 → Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orenburg–Tashkent railway

Ahal Region → containsRailway → Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ

Nebit-Dag → transportConnection → Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ

Charjuy → transportConnection → Trans-Caspian Railway ⓘ