The Tashkent Metro consists of four lines, operating on 70.4 kilometres (43.74 mi) of route and serving 50 stations.

Planning for the Tashkent Metro started in 1968, two years after a major earthquake struck the city in 1966.

It was extended to Buyuk Ipak Yoli (previously names as Maksim Gorkiy) in 1980 (including another metro bridge over Salar river between Hamid Olimjon and Pushkin stations).

[10] The future planned 3 stations eastward extension from Buyuk Ipak Yoli to TTZ (Toshkent Traktor Zavodi) is under consideration.

The route of this line crosses the city diagonally from northwest to southeast via the Toshkent Railway station.

The first 10.5 kilometres (6.52 mi) section with 8 underground stations opened for regular service on 24 October 2001 between Mingurik and Shahriston (previously named as Habib Abdullayev).

[11] The project will be completed in 5 stages and developed and implemented jointly with specialists from Russia, Turkey and Germany.

Materials used for the interior décor include metal, glass, plastic, granite, marble, smalt, ceramics and alabaster.

[16][17] Daily or monthly tariffs and tariffs for a five day or seven day period, as well as for 3 month and 6 month and for a year are only available if you purchase an ATTO card, more information about atto cards is available at atto.uz Bus + Metro tariffs for a specific period , prices shown in UZS [Uzbek soums]: In 2020, an automated payment system based on NFC technology was introduced at all metro stations.

The BLUE ATTO [for people who are not students or school pupils or pensioners] card can be recharged at the metro ticketing offices, UZPost offices and the virtual ATTO card can be opened in mobile application.

[20] One ride costs 2,000 soum (US$0.16) when paid with cash, regardless of distance travelled or number of transfers.

Despite a wide range of artistic and architectural features in the metro, it was notably illegal to take pictures and/or video inside the metro until 31 May 2018, because they were considered military installations due to the system's secondary role as a nuclear bomb shelter.

[16] The government under the newly elected Shavkat Mirziyoyev, ruled that from 1 June 2018, taking photo and video is made allowed within the system.

In April 2021, Tashkent Metro signed a contract to purchase 10 new Russian-made trains from Metrovagonmash.

[26] The Kuylyuk – Kipchak – Yangihayot section is expected to serve about 46 thousand passengers daily.

Additionally it is planned to build another line of metro to the new district of New Tashkent, which is going to be more than 15 kilometers long and contain more than 6 stations at least if it is going to be built.