Tashkent Metro: The first metro in Central Asia opened
On November 6, 1977, an important event took place in the history of the city of Tashkent. This was reported by Zamin.uz.
On this very day, the first line of the Tashkent metro was put into operation. This metro was not only the first in Uzbekistan but also the first in the entire Central Asia, and it became the seventh metro in the territory of the former Soviet Union.
This information was announced by the “Tashkent Retrospective” project based on the “Mytashkent.uz” source. The grand opening ceremony was held at the station now called “Mustaqillik Square.”
At that time, this square was known as “V. I.
Lenin Square.” During the ceremony, the head of the “Toshmetrostroy” trust, P.
V. Semyonov, symbolically handed over the metro key to Sharof Rashidov, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR.
Interestingly, the opening of the metro coincided exactly with Sharof Rashidov’s birthday. Thus, the metro became not only a new step for the city’s transport system but also a significant historical event.
