Overlooking the landscape of Naryn – credit, Pmelton87, Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Posted on 04/09/2026 6:05:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Construction of a “transformational” new railway line linking China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan will allow goods to transit from east to west across Eurasia a whole week faster.
On the way, it’s also predicted to have a transformational impact on the economy of Kyrgyzstan, one of the slowest developing countries on the continent.
Now, the “CKU” will give direct transit options for most of Central Asia while unlocking substantial natural resource opportunities among a depressed, mountainous region of Kyrgyzstan.
The trilateral agreement to build the 300-mile-long railway was signed on December 27th, 2024, and construction began the following year. $1.1 billion will be provided by China for the Chinese portion, and $573 million by Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan for their respective portions. An additional $2.3 billion will be paid by a Chinese joint venture overseeing the project.
Overlooking the landscape of Naryn – credit, Pmelton87, Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0.
90% of the Kyrgyzstan portion will run through the poor region of Naryn, 70% of which is mountains. To get through it, the CKU railway will pass over 50 bridges and through 29 tunnels. Already the country has 5,000 people employed on this impressive engineering project.
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As for the value of the railroad on a continental basis, existing transcontinental railway lines pass through Kazakhstan and Russia, and for the purpose of exporting between Europe and China, would require an extra week of transit time.
Instead, with a terminal in Uzbekistan’s Fergana Valley, the CKU will link directly with trans-Caspian routes to Turkey and onto Europe.
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Rev. 9:16 KJV
And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
Makes it easier to move the army.
Will they allow livestock on the trains?
Graham Nash song for Crosby, Stills and Nash about a different country....
Marrakesh express.
Looking at the world through the sunset in your eyes
Traveling the train through clear Moroccan skies
Ducks and pigs and chickens call
Animal carpet wall to wall
American ladies five-foot tall in blue
Colored cottons hang in the air
Charming cobras in the square
Striped djellebas we can wear at home
Well, let me hear ya now
Would you know we’re riding on the Marrakesh Express?
Would you know we’re riding on the Marrakesh Express?
They’re taking me to Marrakesh.
send immigrants 24/7
I think that was on their Judy Blue Eyes album.
Harmonies as sweet as warm Peach Brandy.
The Silk Road was the reason America was discovered. Europe wanted trade with China but wanted to stop having to pay the Islamic middleman. On the way to finding a Western route two big continents were in the way! The rest is history.
Let all the know-nothing Europe bashers whose myopia pushes America into isolation and economic disadvantage (repeat disadvantage), understand that they are driving the European market into deals with China. This railroad will make it all so much easier.
“...the CKU railway will pass over 50 bridges...”
What does PDJT have to save ‘bout dat?
Can we export some of those “pirates” from SoCal to raid these trains?
The article is pretty useless without a map.
A useful article that asks the question, Can the New Multimodal Route Become a Sustainable Corridor for Central Asia?
and a map.
https://timesca.com/can-the-new-multimodal-route-become-a-sustainable-corridor-for-central-asia/
Interesingly, the bottlenecks would be Russia to the north and Iran to the south. There is a very narrow corrider through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. Would require transit across the Caspian Sea.
China is funding project all over the world. They a funding 49% of a canal in Cambodia which will provide direct sea access from Phonm Penn to the ocean via the Gulf of Thailand. Vietnam is not happy with it as it could effect the Mekong Delta watershed.
Really not good news— for certain. The purpose of the rail line is NOT trade. It is to upgrade the prior failed invasion of the Mongol hordes.. so that now they won’t have to come in on horse or trucks... but railcars full of the Peoples Liberation Army. Belt AND Road baby— that’s what is really meant by these deceptive deceitful people. Chi-Coms.
Who incidentally do not FUND a damn thing they usually try a trade swap, commodities and such. Just as they do in the Congo for metals.
They are not about anything but global dominance. Of the Han dynasty chinee! Yipee!
Probably it will be finished at least 5 years before California’s “train bound for nowhere”
h/t: Kenny Rogers
The Islamists are back, looking for a piece of the action and punish enemies/reward friends.
It’s why Spain launched their plan to eject mooselimbs add sent Chris out to find new, safe and secure, trade routes...
I agree. I wonder if we can convince them to put Gavin Newsome in charge of the project?
More Chinese land grabs coming
Will they allow livestock on the trains?
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Yes they accept passengers ...
Nice map.
The Caspian Sea is the main obstacle bypassing Russia VIA Rail but if you can cross the Gulf of Mexico you can cross the Caspian Sea roll on roll off rail ferries are a thing.
https://railuk.com/rail-news/new-operators-for-usa-mexico-rail-ferry/
They get much larger than the above. Multiple deck large. The alternative is containers and having container ship ports on either side with automated cranes that China already perfected.
The ferry above can carry 115 rail cars this is about what a typical double stack container train would pull they usually haul 200-300 40foot iso units per train in double stack well cars.
In Asia they use electric overhead wires so they only single stack ISO boxes. So you would be better off with a 600 ISO sized container ship and ports that can do a dual automated load and unload. Two trains on one container ship. Have some roll on roll off for tanker cars and bulk ore dumper cars.
The same Gulf crossing group is getting bigger ships
136 cars each and two hours to load or unload.
Again 1000TEU Ships are not that big and that’s three trains worth of ISOs
https://www.nordenshipdesign.com/1000-teu-konteyner/
Ha. Thanks.
Great album. I’ve always liked groups that could actually sing well (The Mamas and the Papas, Spanky and Her Gang, the Association, the Byrds).
About the 1969 album Crosby, Stills and Nash cover:
The wooden house behind the couch on the cover of the 1969 Crosby, Stills & Nash album was torn down shortly after the photo was taken. The band intended to re-shoot the cover to correct their sitting order which shows them as Nash, Stills, and Crosby (left to right), and after deciding on their name, they wanted a new picture to match the name’s order but it was too late. When they went to have Henry Diltz reshoot the picture they found the building at 815 Palm Avenue in West Hollywood had already been demolished.
It was an abandoned cottage, often described as a small wooden house or worker housing, that was torn down just a few days after the photo session. The site today is a parking lot.
www.mondaymondaymusic.net
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