Tashkent was a divided city, with the Central Asians (predominantly Muslim) generally living in the Old City, while Russians and other Europeans usually lived in the New City, which was also where the railway was developed.
當時塔什干是一個分裂的城市，中亞人（主要是穆斯林）一般住在老城，而俄羅斯人和其他歐洲人通常住在新城，這也是鐵路發展的地方。