Classic route
Tulpar-Talgo
Almaty → Shymkent · Kazakhstan
A Spanish-built Talgo hauled across the Kazakh steppe between Almaty and the southern city of Shymkent via Taraz.
- Distance
- 700 km
- Fastest time
- 11 h
- Average speed
- 64 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmAlmaty-2 +2
- 61 kmJyñğyldy
- 85 kmJïrenayğır
- 313 kmChu
- 536 kmTalas
- 746 kmShymkent
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6097264: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 29 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Tulpar-Talgo?
The Tulpar-Talgo runs 700 km from Almaty to Shymkent.
How long does the Tulpar-Talgo take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 11 h for the 700 km. That is an average of 64 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Tulpar-Talgo?
Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ), with Tulpar-Talgo.
How old is the Tulpar-Talgo?
The line has been in service since 2015. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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