Category: Tashkent
The construction of the Tashkent Metro began in summer 1972 and carried out with high regional seismicity in view. Thus, based on the sorrowful consequences of the earthquake of 1966, when the natural disaster destroyed entirely residential blocks leaving thousands of people homeless, the underground structural units were designed to resist the earthquake up to 9 balls of Richter scale.
In addition, the displacement of the local soils which tend to decrease in volume being dampened was taken into account that is why the construction of the underground required an artificial compaction of the soils.
The first metro line (present name Chilanzarskaya) in the Central Asian region was launched in Tashkent on7 November 1977. The length of the Chilanzarskaya line amounted to 12.2 km (9 stations). The Uzbekistanskaya line with length of 14,3 km (11 stations) was completed in 1984 and the Yunus-Abadskaya branch at length of 7.6 km (6 stations) was put into operation in 2001.
Nowadays the total length of three underground lines with 26 stations amounts to 34.1 km, additional stations are planned to build in the Yunus-Abadskaya line by 2030.
The Tashkent metro is really considered to be one of the most beautiful ones in the world and a bright place of interest of the Uzbek capital. Each of 26 underground stations differs with its original architecture and design embodied in a national style. The best artists and craftsmen from all over the republic were involved in decoration of the underground. Pink and light grey marble, granite and diorite of different nuances delivered from the mountainous regions of Uzbekistan were used in the interior finish of the stations
With population over 2,500,000 people inhabited in Tashkent, the underground is also a very convenient city’s transport system. The metropolitan underground transports daily up to 200,000 passengers.
This year Tashkent metro celebrated its 35th anniversary.