Railway Development Plans in Afghanistan

Dr. Wali Mohammad Rasooli Technical Deputy Minister Ministry of Public Works, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

The views expressed in this presentation are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Directors, or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequences of their use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms. 1 AGREEMENT ON TRANS-AFGHAN TRANSPORT CORRIDOR

1 Trans-Afghan Railway Network (2,067 km)

Uzbekistan Shirkhan Border Bandar

UZBEKISTAN 1 Tashkent

Mazare-e-Sharif Iran 2 BorderTurkey

Tabriz Termez Kabul Mazari-Torkham Herat Sharif(Pakistan Copper Mashhad Border) Mine TEHRAN 3 Sangan Herat IRAN Trans-Afghan Railway Network Total Length: 2,067 km Kandahar Bafq No StartZahedan and end points Length Bam (km)

Chaman 1 Shirkhan Bandar to Herat 1,246 Bandar- Mazare-e-Sharif -Kabul-Logar Abbas2 718 1 copper mine-Torkham Chabahar Gwadar Karachi 3 Spin Boldak -Kandahar 103 Hairatan-Mazare-e-Sharif-Herat Railway Line

Termez Faryab

Herat Hairatan

Jawzjan Mazare-e-Sharif

Badghis Iran border

1 Shirkhan Bandar-Kabul-Torkham Railway Line

Shirkhan Bandar

Kunduz Khulm Baghlan

Kabul

Logar copper mine Torkham

1 Hairatan-Mazare-e-Sharif-Herat Railway Line - Herat-Sangan Section (205 km)

Termez Mazare-e-Sharif

Torbat Meshhed Kushka Haydari

Kabul Sangan Herat

Iran-Afghan border Sangan Herat

Total Length Completed Completed 205 km 81 km 61 km 63 km planned to be completed in 2009 1 Hairatan-Mazare-e-Sharif-Herat Railway Line Termez-Hairatan–Mazare-e-Sharif Section

Termez

Completed Hairatan Hairatan-Mazare-e-Sharif Section

Gauge 1435 mm

Length 80 km Mazare-e-Sharif

Slope 2.5–4%

Preliminary $150-160 million construction cost

Construction period 28 months 1 Nizhni Pianj-Sherkhan Bandar-Kundz (126 km)

Tajikistan

Kolkhozobod

Nizhni Pianj Kolkhozobod Kunduz Shirkhan 56 km 70 km Bander Tajikistan Tajik-AfghanBorder Afghanistan

Length 126 km

Preliminary construction $119-123 million cost Kunduz Slope 0.9 %

Radius 600 m

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