Uzbekistan Railways (Temir Yoʻllari').  Has revitalised its operations following significant investments in infrastructure improvements and the procurement of new rolling stock for its Afrosiyob service, which operates between the country's capital, Tashkent, and one of its most important cities, Samarkand. Named after the founder of the historical city of Samarkand, the new trains have significantly reduced travel times between the two destinations while offering the safest and most comfortable means of travel. The 345km journey can be covered in only two hours instead of the three-and-half-hours it takes using conventional trains.

To the initial two 9-car trains purchased in 2009, two more 11-car trains were added in 2015, which allowed expanding routes to serve destinations both to the south of Samarkand, Qarshi, and to the east, Bukhara. This second order was testimony to the huge success of the first units, which was endorsed again in 2019, with the acquisition of two other units of 11 cars each and 4 complementary cars to increase the capacity of the first order. Now the Afrosiyob fleet consists of 6 trainsets of 11 cars each.