A Bullet Train Journey Across Uzbekistan

Embrace slow travel on Uzbekistan’s new bullet train network, says Peter Ford

The bullet train has made travel around Uzbekistan and three of its four most popular tourist destinations easy and affordable, as well as being part of the tourist experience itself. Travel between the capital Tashkent and desert city of Bukhara was once a day-long train ride or expensive flight, but since 2016 the 373mph journey was cut to just under three and a half hours.

Full version of the article can be found at:  https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/asia/uzbekistan-train-travel-slow-tashkent-bukhara-samarkand-a9218276.html