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Afrosiyob high-speed train at a Tashkent station platform
Photographer: Nikolai Bulykin · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Afrosiyob Express train at Samarkand railway station
Photographer: Adam Jones (Kelowna, BC, Canada) · License: CC BY-SA 2.0
Afrosiyob (Talgo 250) at Bukhara railway station
Photographer: Koshekans · License: CC BY 4.0
Afrosiyob train interior, seated carriage. Specific seating class not verified — captioned generically as 'Afrosiyob train interior', not attributed to a specific Economy/Business/VIP class.
Photographer: Davide Mauro · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Afrosiyob high-speed train, exterior nose detail
Photographer: Bobyrr · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Afrosiyob high-speed train nose and front carriage, photographed trackside during a Bukhara–Samarkand journey
Photographer: Jean Housen · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Afrosiyob train side profile showing the 'Afrosiyob' script livery, trackside
Photographer: Jean Housen · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Passengers boarding an Afrosiyob train on the station platform with luggage
Photographer: Jean Housen · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Onboard seat and cabin detail on an Afrosiyob train, taken during a passenger journey. Specific seating class not verified from the photograph.
Photographer: Jean Housen · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Overhead luggage rack and carriage information display panel on an Afrosiyob train
Photographer: Jean Housen · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Sharq train interior, seated carriage with passengers
Photographer: Davide Mauro · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
O'zbekiston-liveried conventional Uzbekistan Railways passenger train ('Orzu' service) in a mountain valley. Used to represent conventional/overnight rolling stock generally — not a verified photograph of a specific sleeper class interior.
Photographer: Kabelleger / David Gubler (www.bahnbilder.ch) · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Tashkent railway station main building exterior ('Toshkent Vokzal')
Photographer: BeshevI · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Platform 1 at Tashkent South ('Yuzhny') railway station, with a conventional passenger carriage
Photographer: Nikolai Bulykin · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Samarkand railway station main building exterior ('Samarqand Vokzal')
Photographer: DS28 · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Bukhara railway station building exterior at night ('Buxoro Vokzal')
Photographer: Ташова Ширин · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Urgench railway station building exterior ('Urganch Vokzal')
Photographer: Adam Harangozó · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
The Registan ensemble in Samarkand
Photographer: Gustavo Jeronimo (original photograph); derivative work by MrPanyGoff · License: CC BY 2.0
The Kalyan Minaret in Bukhara
Photographer: 26D · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
The Lyab-i Hauz pool and complex in Bukhara
Photographer: Miss Kamola · License: CC0
The turquoise-tiled Kalta Minor minaret in Khiva
Photographer: Adam Harangozó · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
The city walls of Itchan Kala, Khiva's old town
Photographer: Adam Harangozó · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
The domed roof of Chorsu Bazaar in Tashkent
Photographer: Adam Harangozó · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
The Amir Temur equestrian statue in Amir Temur Square, Tashkent
Photographer: Adam Harangozó · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
The Gur-e-Amir mausoleum in Samarkand
Photographer: Bgag · License: CC0 1.0
The crenellated walls of the Ark fortress in Bukhara
Photographer: Petar Milošević · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
The Islam Khoja minaret in Khiva
Photographer: upyernoz (Haverford, USA) · License: CC BY 2.0
Closed four-berth sleeper compartment aboard an overnight Uzbekistan train, photographed on a Khiva–Bukhara service
Photographer: Carl Ha · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Corridor of a long-distance sleeper carriage on an Uzbekistan overnight train (Urgench–Tashkent service)
Photographer: Davide Mauro · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Tashkent railway station building illuminated at night
Photographer: Bobyrr · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Passengers with luggage boarding a long-distance train between platforms at Nukus station
Photographer: ojkumena · License: CC BY-SA 3.0
Conventional Uzbekistan Railways locomotive and passenger carriages
Photographer: Pekka Tamminen · License: CC BY 2.0
Uzbekistan Railway site emblem — symbol-only brand mark (train, Registan-style architecture, Silk Road motif)
Original generated brand asset — commissioned for this site, not sourced from a third party · not sourced from a third party, no external attribution required.
Homepage hero-slider campaign imagery — stylized high-speed train, station and passenger-boarding compositions used for the promotional slider only, not presented as documentary photographs of specific real rolling stock or class interiors
Original generated brand assets — commissioned for this site, not sourced from a third party · not sourced from a third party, no external attribution required.
Tashkent South (Janubiy vokzal) railway station building illuminated at night
Photographer: Shum3rR · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Nukus railway station building exterior, Karakalpakstan
Photographer: Janabaevazizbek · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Long-distance Uzbekistan Railways locomotive (2TE10M) at Nukus station, Karakalpakstan
Photographer: Semen1966 · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Station sign and platform at Nukus railway station, Karakalpakstan
Photographer: Kvazimodo · License: CC BY 4.0
Urgench railway station facade and plaza, alternate crop
Photographer: Adam Harangozó · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Statue of Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi in Urgench, Khorezm Region
Photographer: Adam Harangozó · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Uzbekistan Railways conventional train (train 129, Andijan-Termez) on the Fergana Valley rail corridor near Pulhokim
Photographer: Kabelleger · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Uzbekistan Railways conventional long-distance train (train 125, Andijan-Khiva) between Orzu and Qo'l
Photographer: Kabelleger · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
The Kamchik mountain pass between the Tashkent region and the Fergana Valley
Photographer: Mirzoulugʻbek · License: CC0 1.0
Statue of astronomer Ahmad al-Farghani in the central park of Fergana city
Photographer: Fau33z · License: CC0 1.0
Park in Margilan, Uzbekistan
Photographer: Stephanieadams99 · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Kokand railway station building, Fergana Region
Photographer: Azizbek Abriakhimov · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Kokand railway station, alternate view, Fergana Region
Photographer: Azizbek Abriakhimov · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Namangan railway station building, northern Fergana Valley
Photographer: Aziza Olimjonova · License: CC BY 4.0
A street in Namangan, Uzbekistan
Photographer: Uzbek Wikimedians user (Commons upload) · License: CC BY 2.0
Karshi (Qarshi) railway station, southern Uzbekistan
Photographer: Mrjavokh1r · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
A street in Qarshi, Kashkadarya Region, Uzbekistan
Photographer: Muzaffar Shodmonov · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Downtown Termez at night, Surkhandarya Region, southern Uzbekistan
Photographer: Kennethmyers · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Buddhist relief with monks from Fayaztepa, an archaeological site near Termez, Uzbekistan (displayed at Termez Archaeological Museum)
Photographer: Davide Mauro · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Tashkent Central Railway Station facade in winter, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Photographer: Sigismund von Dobschütz · License: CC BY-SA 3.0
Tashkent Central Railway Station forecourt, Turkiston Street, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Photographer: BeshevI · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Tashkent Central Railway Station facade, daytime, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Photographer: Bobyrr · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Tashkent Central Railway Station entrance arch illuminated at night, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Photographer: Bobyrr · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Tashkent South (Toshkent Janubiy) railway station entrance and signage illuminated at night
Photographer: Рахматуллаева Мухлиса · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Tashkent South (Toshkent Janubiy) railway station facade, evening
Photographer: Рахматуллаева Мухлиса · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Samarkand Railway Station facade with clock tower and SAMARQAND VOKZAL signage
Photographer: DS28 · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Samarkand Railway Station passenger waiting hall interior
Photographer: DS28 · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Passenger train carriages on the platform at Samarkand railway station
Photographer: Nikolai Bulykin · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Passengers with luggage under the colonnaded entrance of Samarkand Railway Station
Photographer: Jean Housen · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Afrosiyob high-speed train arriving on the platform at Bukhara (Kagan) railway station, with passengers on the platform
Photographer: Nikolai Bulykin · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
'VOKZAL' entrance arch at Bukhara (Kagan) railway station building
Photographer: Damir8888 · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Bukhara Railway Station daytime facade in Kogon with BUXORO VOKZAL signage and plaza fountain
Photographer: LittleDrongo · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
VIP Lounge Bar interior at Khiva Railway Station
Photographer: JSC “OʻZTEMIRYOʻLYOʻLOVCHI” (Uzbekistan Railways passenger operator) — official station VIP-lounge photography · License: Used editorially, with source attribution, to identify the operator's own paid station facility; not Creative Commons — rights reserved by the operator
URGANCH VOKZAL signage and archway entrance at Urgench railway station
Photographer: Adam Harangozó · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Savitsky Museum of Art building in Nukus, Karakalpakstan
Photographer: Zuxra.bmr · License: CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
Rusting ship hulls in the former Aral seabed near Muynak, Karakalpakstan
Photographer: THORSTEN · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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