Operationalization of international intermodal transport corridors in
North-East and Central Asia
 

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) is implementing a project on “Operationalization of international intermodal transport corridors in North-East and Central Asia”.

The main objectives of this project are to assist countries in identifying priority intermodal transport corridors, linking countries in North-East and Central Asia, and in establishing and implementing cooperative mechanisms such as Memorandum of Understandings (MOU) or steering committees for the development and operationalization of the selected corridors. The project will be implemented in two phases. The main activities of Phase 1 of the project is to identify and study proposed international transport corridors in North-East and Central Asia, and  organize a policy-level Expert Group Meeting (EGM) that reviews the status of the corridors and recommends three priority international intermodal transport corridors for further in depth study and operationalization in Phase II.

The project covers ten countries in North-East and Central Asia: namely China, Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Under the project following six intermodal transport corridors connecting North-East and Central Asia have been identified based on existing routes of the Asian Highway (AH) and the Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) and potential trade flow.

 
 

Intermodal transport corridors connecting North-East and Central Asia
S.No.
Corridor itinerary
Modes
Countries covered
Map
1
Busan/Incheon-Tianjin-Beijing-Eranhot-Zamin Uud-Ulaanbaatar-Darkhan-Sukhabaatar-Ulan Ude-Irkutsk-Novosibirisk-Petropavlosk-Yekaterinburg
Port/Road/ Rail
Republic of Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation
2

Kaesong*/Incheon/Busan-Lianyungang-Zhenzhou-Xi’an-Lanzhou-Turpan-Urumqi-Alashankou-Dostyk-Aktogai-Ushtobe-Almaty (-Bishkek)-Tashkent (-Dushanbe)-Samarkhand-Novoi-Bukhara-Turkmenabad-Mary-Ashgabat-Turkmenbashi
Port/Rail/Road
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan

(Bukhara-Karshi-Sariosiyo-Dushanbe-Yangi Bazar)

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* Subject to confirmation of DPRK participation in the project

Rail

Uzbekistan + Tajikistan

 
3

Busan-Rajin/Busan-Pohang-Kosong-Wonsan-Chongjin-Rajin-Khasan-Ussurisk-Khabarovsk-Chita-Ulan Ude-Martsevo
Port/Road/ Rail
Republic of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Russian Federation
4
Yekaterinburg-Petropavlovsk-Astana-Karaganda-Chu
(-Almaty)-Bishkek-Tashkent-Dushanbe
Rail/Road
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
5
Urumqi-Kashi-Irkeshtam-Sary-Tash-Jirgatal-Dushanbe-Sariosiyo-Termez
Road
China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
6
Barnaul-Tashanta-Ulaanbaishint-Hovd-Yarant- (Urumqi)
Road
Russian Federation, Mongolia, China
Map (all corridors)

    Expert Group Meeting to Develop Corridor Based Cooperative Arrangement for Operationalization of International Intermodal Transport Corridors in North-East and Central Asia, 4-5 November 2009, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

    The Policy-Level Expert Group Meeting, 4-5 March 2009, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

    The Policy-level Expert Group Meeting on Operationalization of International Intermodal Transport Corridors in North-East and Central Asia was held at Tashkent on 4-5 March 2009. The EGM was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade of Uzbekistan.

     

Draft Corridor Assessment Report 2009 (Background paper for the EGM)

Major Conclusion and recommendations

Programme

List of participants

Documents and Presentations for the Expert Group Meeting on Operationalization of International Intermodal Transport Corridors in North East and Central Asia

Report of the Policy-level Expert Group Meeting on Operationalization of International Intermodal Transport Corridors in North-East and Central Asia, 4-5 March 2009, Tashkent

 

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