Tashkent, Dec.22, 2019. /Kabar/. On Dec. 19-20 this year, railway managers of five countries - Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan met in Tashkent, the press service of Uzbekistan Railways said.
It was the first meeting to discuss the development of international multimodal railway route.
The meeting addressed priority issues on increasing the volume of cargo transportation, as well as the development of multimodal land transportation on the territory of the countries participating in the international project.
Unified transit tariff rates and terms of cargo transportation along the route have been established, logistics infrastructure has been discussed.
The sides agreed to establish a Coordination Committee consisting of heads of railways of the participating countries, chaired by the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan.
The launch of a pilot transit container train along a multimodal route is scheduled for the first quarter of 2020.
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