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Afghanistan National Railway Plan and Way Forward

MOHAMMAD YAMMA SHAMS

Director General & Chief Executive Officer Railway Authority

Nov 2015

WHY RAILWAY IN AFGHANISTAN ? → The Potential → The Benefits • Affinity for Rail Transportation  Pioneer Development of Modern – Primary solution for landlocked, Afghanistan developing countries/regions – At the heart of the CAREC and  Become Part of the International ECO Program Rail Community – 75km of railroad vs 40,000 km of – Become long-term strategic partner road network to various countries – Rich in minerals and natural – Build international rail know-how resources – rail a more suitable (transfer of expertise) long term transportation solutions  Raise Afghanistan's Profile as a than trucking. Transit Route • Country Shifting from Warzone – Penetrate neighbouring countries to Developing State Rail Market including , , and countries in Eastern – Improved connection to the Europe. community and the region (access – Standard Gauge has been assessed to neighbouring countries) as the preferred system gauge. – Building modern infrastructure – Dual gauge (Standard and Russian) in – Facilitate economic stability of North to connect with CIS countries modern Afghanistan

STRATEGIC LOCATION OF AFGHANISTAN

Kazakhstan

China

MISSING LINKS- and ASIAN RAILWAY TRANS-ASIAN RAILWAY NETWORK

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60° N St. Petersburg TRANS - ASIAN RAILWAY NETWORK 500 Km. 60° N Vologda RUSSIAN FEDERATION Kotelnich Ekaterinburg

Nizhniy Novgorod Tayshet Kurgan Moscow Krasnoyarsk Utyak Petukhovo Tatarskaya Krasnoe Chelyabinsk Novosibirsk Smolensk Petropavlovsk Omsk Ryazan

Kochetovka Kartaly Kokshetav Barnaul Bryansk Rtisthevo Suzemka Tobol Irkutsk Ulan-Ude Chita Saratov Orenburg Ecil Gryazi Ozinki Orsk Karimskaya Uralsk Iletsk Astana Lokot Liski Djetigara Semiglavii Mar Aul Belogorsk Chinghirlau Naushki Semipalatinsk Aktobe Zabaykalsk Nikeltau Karaghandy Sukhbaatar Ereen tsav Kandagach Volgograd Manzhouli Khabarovsk MakatRAILWAY GAUGES…and AFGHANISTAN’s CRITICAL Ulaanbaatar Choibalsan Likhaya Aktogai Numrug Rostov KAZAKHSTAN Mointy UKRAINE Atyrau Khuut Aksarayskaya Baruun Uurt Ganyushkino POSITION Astrakhan Bichigt MONGOLIA Harbin Kavkaz Port Olya Beyneu Dostyk Krimskaya Kzyl-Orda Ushtobe Krasnodar Tyuratam Alashankou Sainshand Oazis Karakalpakia Grodekovo Novorossiisk ROMANIA 5 Urumchi 0 Chu Suifenhe Ussurijsk Changchun Baranovski 0 Aktau Tavantolgoi Erenhot Uglovaya Zamyn-Uud K Veseloe Lugovaya Nariin Sukhait Kungrad Djambul Tumen m Gantiadi Makhachkala Almaty . BULGARIA Nukus Shiveekhuren Namyang Vladivostok Nakhodka Senaki Bishkek Turpan Khasan Poti SamtrediaGEORGIA Uchkuduk Arys Gashuun Sukhait Nakhodka Vostochnaya Chimkent Tumangang Kapikule Dashowuz Urgench Kochkor Rajin Batumi Akhalkalaki Tbilisi Samur UZBEKISTAN Sary-Agach KYRGYZSTAN Shenyang Chongjin Istanbul Samsun Yalama Keles Beyouk Kesik Tashkent Arpa Dogukapi Gazodjak Andizhan Torugart DEMOCRATIC ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN Baku Tinchlik Sirdarinskaya Kanibadam Khavast Kars Yerevan Turkmenbashi TURKMENISTAN Navoi Kokand Osh Beijing Dandong Sinuiju 500 Km. Khudjand PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 40° N Balikesir Kalin Sivas Yeraskh Alyat Bukhara Ulugbek Isfara 40° N Ankara Erzurum Ali Bairamli Samarkand OF KOREA Eskisehir Farap Khodzhadavlet Kashi Wonsan Alayunt Cetinkaya Jolfa Agbent Turkmenabad TAJIKISTAN Dalian Pyongyang Razi Karshi Tashguzar Dushanbe Onjongri Meghri Kudulki Yangi Bazar Tianjin Malatya Astara Pakhtaabad Izmir TURKEY Tatvan Van Kapikoy Tabriz Ashgabat Boysun Yavan Kaesong Sufian Mari Kumkurgan Kulyab Shijiazhuang Bongdong Dorasan Tenzhen Chinese Line Miyaneh Bandar-e-Anzali Kerkichi Termez Kurgan Tube Seoul Adana Rasht Khoshad Suwon REPUBLIC OF Mersin Toprakkale Bandar-e-Amirabad Khairaton Lanzhou Qazvin Sari Mashhad Sarakhs Jinan KOREA JAPAN Iskenderun Daejeon Tehran Sarakhs Qingdao Kyongju Tokyo Shahrood Kashmar Iksan Daegu Fariman Jammu Zhengzhou Busan Garmsar Torbat Heidarieh Indian Line Lianyungang Mokpo Kermanshah Qom and Herat Kabul CHINA Gwangyang Badrud Kashmir Baoji Tabas Attock Islamabad Xi'an Xizhou Khaneghein Khosravi Sangan Peshawar Arak ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN AFGHANISTAN Chadormalu Kundian Esfahan Ardakan Indian Line Shahdara Attari Chinese Line Nanjing Bafq Ahvaz Faisalabad Lahore Xinyang Wagah Dhandari Kalan Shanghai Chaman Kerman Bandar Emam Quetta Khorramshahr Spezand Khanewal Zahedan Sher Shah Multan Wuhan Lodhran Koh-i-Taftan Dalbandin Samasata Tanakpur Brahma Mandi Mirjaveh New Delhi NEPAL Kathmandu Rohri Mathura Changsha Bandar Abbas PAKISTAN Agra Birgunj BHUTAN Janakpur Kakarvitta Phuentsholing Panitanki Hengyang Raxaul Jaynagar Kanpur Patna Birol Dali Hyderabad Radhikapur Parbatipur Kachang Khokropar Kunming Gwadar Karachi Mirpurkhas Mahisasan Singhabad Rohanpur Shahbazpur ort Qasim Kulaura Baoshan P Mughalsarai Sitarampur Abdulpur Jiribam Ruili Yuxi 5 Tongi 0 Ishurdi 0 Muse Bhopal Darsana Dhaka Akhaura Tamu K Gede Lashio Guangzhou m

Kalay . Hekou Nanning Shenzhen Kolkata BANGLADESH Chittagong Lao Cai Kharagpur Jinghong Hong Kong, China Dohazari Quan Trieu Pingxiang Haldia Mandalay Mongla Dong Dang Dong Anh Gundum Boten Nagpur Hanoi Cai Lan Halong Wardha Tachilek MYANMAR Haiphong 500 Km. 20° N Mae SaiLAO PEOPLE'S 20° N Chiangrai DEMOCRATIC CHINA Sary-Agach VIET NAM Chiangmai Keles Mumbai INDIA REPUBLIC Tashkent Kholkobad Namangan Denchai Hekou Angren Visakhapatnam Tan Ap Vung Ang Nanning Pap Nongkhai Nakhon Thakhek Andizhan Bago Mu Gia Lao Cai Sirdarinskaya Phanom UZBEKISTAN Yangon Mae Sot Densavanh Dong Ha Karasu THAILAND Kanibadam Myawadi Mukdahan Savannakhet Kokand Osh Vijayawada Khon Kaen Danang Tinchlik Khavast Bekabad Khudjand Margilan Pingxiang Thanpyuzayat Bua Yai PHILIPPINES Quan Trieu Dong Dang Navoi Nakhonsawan Ubonratchathani Nau Three Pagoda Pakse Ye Manila Isfara Pass Banphachi Nakhonratchasima Luu Xa Kaeng Khoi Lim Kep KYRGYZSTAN Namtok Chachoengsao Aranyaprathet Mohan Dong Anh Ulugbek Samarkand Yen Vien Poipet Gialam Nong Pla Duk Bangkok Sisophon Boten Si Racha Hanoi Cai Lan Chennai Laem Chabang Kao Chi Chan Bangalore CAMBODIA Halong Jolarpettai Sattahip Map Ta Put Bat Deng Kratie Nha Trang Haiphong Karshi TAJIKISTAN Loc Ninh Tashguzar Dushanbe Phnom Penh Yangi Bazar VIET NAM Darband Sariasiya Dekhanabad LAO PEOPLE'S Pakhtaabad Ho Chi Minh Chumphon Sihanoukville City Vung Tau Boysun Yavan Madurai DEMOCRATIC Kumkurgan Kulyab Rameswaram TURKMENISTAN Kurgan Tube Talaimannar REPUBLIC Kerkichi Tuticorin Trincomalee

Termez Maho Khoshad Kurunegala Dambulla Katunayake Hat Yai Khairaton Colombo Padang Besar AFGHANISTAN Sri Jayewardenepura-Kotte SRI LANKA Sungai Kolok Kataragama Rantau Panjang Galle Hambantota Tumpat Matara Wakaf Bahru Banda Aceh Butterworth Ipoh

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Medan K MALDIVES Tebingtinggi Tanjungbalai m Kajang Gemas . RUSSIAN FEDERATION Kisaran MALAYSIA Veseloe Rantauprapat Segamat Gantiadi Tanjung Pasir Gudang Padang Pelepas Sukhumi Makhachkala Panjang Singapore GEORGIA Naras SINGAPORE INDONESIA 500 Km. 0° Poti Senaki Sawahlunto 0° Khashuri Samtredia Muaro Padang Batumi Tbilisi Samur Yalama TRACK GAUGES Akhalkalaki Gardabani INDONESIA Ferry Link Sadakhlo Beyouk Kesik Teluk Bayur Indarung 1,676 mm Ayrum Akstafa Gyumri Barkhudarly Kertapati Dogukapi AZERBAIJAN Lubuklinggau 1,520 mm Kars Ijevan Prabumulih Akhuryan Muaraenim Baku The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map ARMENIA Tanjung Enim 1,435 mm Masis Yerevan Martuni do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Erzincan Yeraskh Jermuk Alyat secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, 1,067 mm Erzurum Ali Bairamli Tanjungkarang PAPUA Belidag Panjang territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its Kapan Cikampek NEW GUINEA Merak Jakarta frontiers or boundaries. 1,000 mm Djulfa Cirebon TURKEY Ordubad Agbent Semarangtawang Surabaya Jolfa Meghri Bandung Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and 1,000/1,435 mm Razi Solobalapan Astara Kroya Kertosono Banyuwangi Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kapikoy Sufian Astara UNITED NATIONS Yogyakarta Port Moresby Tatvan Van Tabriz Malang Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties. TAR LINK-PLANNED/UNDER CONSTRUCTION ISLAMIC 2011 POTENTIAL TAR LINK REPUBLIC OF IRAN Bandar-e-Anzali Miyaneh BREAK-OF-GAUGE Rasht

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Legend of Height Data Sources:

500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 1. Digital Elevation Model: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/topo/globe.shtml)

2. Inland water body: The Department of Geography, University of Maryland, USA (http://www.geog.umd.edu/landcover/1km-map.html) RAILWAY GAUGES…and AFGHANISTAN’s CRITICAL POSITION…contd

AFGHANISTAN NATIONAL RAILWAY PLAN (ANRP)  Developed by Afghanistan Railway Authority  Total route length- 5500 km  Main line in a ring shape  Southern Mainline: mineral freight focussed line of Standard Gauge  Northern Mainline: commercial freight focussed line of dual (Russian and Standard Gauge) ANRP NATIONAL CORRIDOR - 1 (HERAT-)

Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan

Iran

 National Corridor-1 1000 km (Herat-Maimana---Mazar-Kunduz): Prefeasibility Complete, Feasibility Study for Andkhoy-Kunduz ongoing (to complete in Dec 2015)  Regional Corridor: Herat-Khaf (Construction), Herat-Torgandhi (Prefeasibility complete), Andkhoy- (Feasibility ongoing), -Mazar (Operation), Kunduz-Sherkhan Bandar (Feasibility ongoing)

ANRP NATIONAL CORRIDOR -2 (Kunduz-Kabul ) and CORRIDOR- 6 (Kunduz-Qala e Mafushad)  National Corridor-2 China 400 km (Kunduz Tajikistan -- Parvan-Kabul): Feasibility Complete

 National Corridor-6 600 km (Kunduz – Takhar-Qala-e- Mafushad): Concept Stage

 Regional Corridor: . Kabul- (Prefeasibility complete), Pakistan . - (Concept Stage)

ANRP NATIONAL CORRIDOR -3 (KABUL-)  National Corridor-3 China 500 km (Kabul Ghazni-Kandahar): Prefeasibility Complete

 Regional Corridor: . Kandahar- (Prefeasibility Afghanistan complete)

Pakistan

Pakistan ANRP NATIONAL CORRIDOR -4 (KANDAHAR-HERAT)  National Corridor-4 500 km (Kandahar- Delaram-Herat): Prefeasibility Complete

 Regional Corridor: Iran . Gereshk-Bahram Cha (Concept Stage) . Delaram- (Concept Stage)

Pakistan ANRP NATIONAL CORRIDOR -5 (Kabul-Herat/ Kabul-Delaram)

National Corridor-5

Two Options to reach Iranian ports

600 km (Kabul- Ghor-Herat): Concept Stage 600 km (Kabul- Daykundi-Delaram): Iran Concept Stage

Pakistan NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN RAILWAY FEASIBILITY STUDY

Feasibility Study-Procurement of a 650km railway : Connecting Tajikistan to Turkmenistan through Afghanistan - linking Oil & Gas Blocks. Interconnecting 7 cities (east to west)

Aqina Sherkha Hairata n n- Bandar Mazar Railway

Northern Afghanistan Railway Sherkhan Bandar to Aqina and Amu Darya Oil Amu Darya Links Links NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN RAILWAY FEASIBILITY STUDY …Contd

Phase-1 (Mazar to Aqina) Phase-2 Part-1 (Mazar-Kholm and Amu Darya  Feasibility Study Report submitted Links  Procurement process to commence  Feasibility Study Report submitted soon  Procurement process to commence soon  Salient Features:  Salient Features: • Length of Main line: 160km • Length of Main line: 270km • Project Cost: US$500 Million (includes • Project Cost: US$800 Million cost of Rolling Stock) (includes cost of Rolling Stock) Phase-2 Part-2 (Kholm to Sherkhan Bandar) Alignment options have been investigated and detailed site investigation to start

MULTI MODAL LOGISTICS HUBS- OPPORTUNITIES/LOCATIONS  Objective Uzbekistan  Main Activities: Transport handling, documentation, value addition etc. Turkmenistan  Key benefits • Reduction in transportation costs, Better facility utilization, Reduction in cost of services, Reliability of transport times, Decongestion of adjoining area  Potential Locations: Aqina, Naibabad, Sherkhan Bandar, Kandahar, , Herat Pakistan

MULTI MODAL LOGISTICS HUBS- OPPORTUNITIES…Contd

 Services Provided

MULTI MODAL LOGISTICS HUBS- OPPORTUNITIES…Contd  Key Players

MULTI MODAL LOGISTICS HUBS- OPPORTUNITIES…Contd

Multi modal Logistics Hub- a growing trend

IMLH currently in operation or in construction/design stage  Kwinana Intermodal Terminal in (Design Stage)  Vaughan Intermodal Terminal in Ontario, Canada (In Operation)  Multimodal Logistic Hub, Greater Noida, India (Design Stage) TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT- OPPORTUNITIES Transit Oriented development- along railway corridor  mixed use residential and commercial area designed to maximize access to .  Main concepts: Orientation, Integration, Vibrant urban realm, Pedestrian focussed, High quality of life  Major TODs in the world • Masdar City, • Kulim Hi-Tech Park, Malaysia • Greater Noida Industrial , India Thanks from your Attention