Italferr S.p.A

Italferr has been awarded the tender called by Joint Stock Company (JSC) "O'zbekiston Temir Yo'llari (UTY)" related to the PMC for the "Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (Carec-Carec2) Corridor 2 (Pap-Namangan-Andijan) Railway Electrification Project - Additional Financing" for the modernisation of the electrified "Angren-Pap-Kokand-Andjian Railway Line," financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and National funds.

The project concerned electrification and signalling, telecommunications and traction power management systems for the 452.4-kilometer-long single-track railway line, consisting of the Angren-Pap-Kokand-Margilan-Andijan-Xonobod section, and four adjacent branches. The line - located along (or as an alternative to) Corridor 2 running east-west from China to the Caucasus - has a design speed of 160 km/h and is connected to the electrified high-speed rail line between the main cities of Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara.

The project also included the provision of courses to prepare Uzbek railroad staff, and in particular women, to use the new train operation management system.