Riding the Metro in Tashkent

When I was in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in April, I used the Metro to travel around the city. It was fast, reliable and economical. The Metro was my sole mode of transport, apart from the Yandex e-hailing app that I used to travel between Gulnara Guesthouse and Tashkent International Airport to catch my flights around Central Asia.

When I first stepped into a Metro station in Tashkent, the signages are in Russian. Even the announcements before the train was about to stop at each station was made in the local language. 

I thought how the hell am I gonna know which platform to wait at, which train to take, or which station to get off. 

So I downloaded the Metro map, and kept track of the number of stops. And after listening attentively, I soon became accustomed to hearing the station name being announced in the local language.

You may find the Tashkent Metro Map and other information in the official website here.

Entrance to a metro station. Notice that the name is written in Cyrillic.

The Metro stations in Tashkent are works of art. These stations have a similar look and feel to the Metro stations in Saint Petersburg, Russia because Uzbekistan was formerly under the Soviet Union. 

A little history: The Soviet government had established the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic as a constituent (union) republic of the U.S.S.R. in 1924. Uzbekistan declared independence from the Soviet Union on 31 August 1991 (same independence day as Malaysia!).

Now let me share with you three stunning Metro stations in Tashkent that I came across whilst roaming the city using the Metro:

Tinchlik station

Alisher Navoi station

Tashkent station

If you have the opportunity, I hope you will be inspired to visit Tashkent, if not simply to see these beautiful Metro stations.

And if you wish to learn more about the Metro in Tashkent, I stumbled across this very informative blog, Journal of Nomads, link here. You're welcome.