Originally it was part of the Trans-Caspian railway, then the Central Asian Railway, after the collapse of the USSR, the railway network in Turkmenistan owned and operated by state-owned Türkmendemirýollary.
Awalnya merupakan bagian dari Jalur kereta api Trans-Kaspia, kemudian Jalur kereta api Asia Tengah, setelah keruntuhan Uni Soviet, jaringan kereta api di Turkmenistan dimiliki dan dioperasikan oleh Türkmendemirýollary yang dimiliki negara.