The New Trains in Central Asia Travel Back in Time to Breathtaking Sights Along the Silk Road

The New Trains in Central Asia Travel Back in Time to Breathtaking Sights Along the Silk Road

Uzbekistan’s cultural gems are becoming more accessible with new trains. Here, how to see the Silk Road by rail.Francesco Lastrucci From left: A train attendant at Navoi Station, in the Samarkand area; boarding a train in Bukhara.In Central Asia, the new trains travel back in time. As early as the second century B.C., an important network of trading routes known as the Silk Road linked Europe and East Asia. Now, in Uzbekistan, the region’s first…