The construction of the only metro in Central Asia was started in July 1972.

To further improve transport services to the city’s population, the 1st stage of the Yunusabad Metro Line from Ming Urik station to
Shakhriston station was commissioned in October 2001, with 6 stations with am total length of 7.15 km.

In 2016, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Mirziyoyev Sh.M. signed a number of resolutions aimed at continuing the
construction of the subway. In accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On measures for the implementation of the project “Construction of the second stage of the Yunusabad line of the Tashkent Metro” No. PP-2653 dated November 7, 2016, the construction of 2 (two) stations
“Turkiston” and “Yunusabad”, with a length of 2.9 km of the Yunusabad metro line.

In 2020, two stations “Turkiston” and “Yunusabad” were put into operation in August. Currently, the total length of the Yunusabad line is 9.5 km, with 8 stations, which connects the large residential area of the same name with the city center. In accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated May 19, 2017 No. PP-2979, the project “Construction of a ring elevated metro line in the city of Tashkent” is being implemented.

In August 2020, the 1st stage of the Ring Elevated Metro Line was commissioned – 7 stations with a length of 11.5 km. In accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On measures for the implementation of the project “Construction of the Sergeli line of the Tashkent
Metro” No. PP-2664 dated November 29, 2016, 5 stations of the new Sergeli metroline, 7.0 km long, were built and put into operation in December 2020.

The Sergeli massif is currently the largest residential area, which is currently connected to all districts of the city of Tashkent.

In compliance with these resolutions, 14 new metro stations with a total length of 21.4 km were built and put into operation in 2020.