Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Transport has unveiled plans to establish new international passenger bus routes connecting regions of Uzbekistan to cities in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Russia, and China. The initiative aims to increase the share of bus transportation in Uzbekistan’s international passenger traffic, which is currently dominated by air travel.
Planned Routes
Kazakhstan
- Bukhara – Turkestan
- Urgench – Aktau
- Fergana – Almaty
Kyrgyzstan
- Andijan – Osh
- Andijan – Jalalabad
- Andijan – Arslanbob
- Kosonsoy – Jalalabad
- Bukhara – Bishkek
Tajikistan
- Samarkand – Dushanbe
- Bukhara – Dushanbe
Russia
- Surkhandarya – Bukhara – Urgench – Nukus – Moscow
- Urgench – Nukus – Ufa
- Nukus – Krasnodar
- Tashkent – Ufa
- Tashkent – Krasnodar
China
- Nukus – Urgench – Bukhara – Urumqi (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region)
The Ministry has invited both domestic and international transport companies to apply for the operation of regular bus services on these proposed routes.
