Demirýollary open joint-stock company (, means Railways) is the state-owned operator of railways in Turkmenistan. The company operates on of railways (37th in the world) and maintains over 345 railway stations throughout the country. The company belongs to the Ministry of Industry and Construction and is subordinate to the Railways Agency of Turkmenistan. It is headquartered in Ashgabat. While the rail system itself belongs to the railways agency, the Turkmen Railways company owns the locomotive and railcar depots, rail stations, construction and maintenance units, communications and power sup
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Demirýollary open joint-stock company (, means Railways) is the state-owned operator of railways in Turkmenistan. The company operates on of railways (37th in the world) and maintains over 345 railway stations throughout the country. The company belongs to the Ministry of Industry and Construction and is subordinate to the Railways Agency of Turkmenistan. It is headquartered in Ashgabat. While the rail system itself belongs to the railways agency, the Turkmen Railways company owns the locomotive and railcar depots, rail stations, construction and maintenance units, communications and power supply services, and two hotels in Awaza, the Kerwen and Türkmenbaşy.
== History == === Independent Turkmenistan === thumb On 29 January 2019 the Ministry of Railways was downgraded to agency status, renamed the Turkmen Railways Agency (), and subordinated to the reorganized Ministry of Industry and Communications (which subsequently was again reorganized into the Ministry of Industry and Construction).
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