Pap-Angren Railway

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The Pap-Angren Railway Project of Uzbekistan has objectives to reduce transport costs and to increase transport capacity and reliability through the construction of a rail link between the Uzbek part of the Ferghana Valley and the rest of Uzbekistan. The project will be measured through the following PDO indicators: (i) transportation cost for public transport users; (ii) transportation costs for freight for oil and oil products, fertilizers, and automobiles; (iii) transport capacity; and (iv) reliability of rail services. The project consists of six components. Component one consists of the Uzbekistan Temir Yo’llari being responsible for the construction of the new railway line main infrastructure including embankments, ballast, rail, bridges and a 19.2 km long tunnel. Component two will finance four investments to equip and maintain the new railway line: (i) the installation of a microprocessor based train control system (estimated IBRD financing US$48 million); (ii) the construction of two traction substations and the installation of SCADA system (estimated IBRD financing US$30 million); (iii) the provision of necessary track maintenance equipment (estimated IBRD financing US$36 million); (iv) the installation of railway video surveillance and broadcasting system (estimated IBRD financing US$20 million); and a US$20 million contingency added to this component and embedded in the financing of the project to cover for possible change in technologies. Component three will finance three investments to bring energy to the new railway line: (i) the dismantling of overhead power lines (estimated IBRD financing US$2.6 million); (ii) the provision of equipment for the installation of new power lines (estimated IBRD financing US$13.3 million); (iii) the expansion of the Obihayot power substation and the construction of new power distribution lines (estimated IBRD financing US$17.6 million). Component four will provide technical assistance to strengthen (i) UTY’s financial management and asset management capacity; (ii) modernized marketing arrangements; and (iii) capacity development. Component five will further elaborate the analytical work developed during project preparation under ECAPDEV trust fund. Component six will support UTY to monitor the project implementation, including procurement, supervision of the various contracts associated with the construction of the new railway line.