Night train route
Almaty–Tashkent Talgo
Almaty → Tashkent · Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan
Central Asia’s new international Talgo, daily since December 2025: dinner leaving Almaty under the Tian Shan, lunch next day in Tashkent.
How this line was checked
- The 824 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 6097264 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 32 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.6% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 8 m); the longest stretch away from it is 2 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Kazakhstan Temir Zholy — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Almaty–Tashkent Talgo?
The Almaty–Tashkent Talgo runs 1,000 km from Almaty to Tashkent. It runs through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
How long does the Almaty–Tashkent Talgo take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 16 h for the 1,000 km. That is an average of 63 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 140 km/h.
Who runs the Almaty–Tashkent Talgo?
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), with Talgo wide-body sleeper.
How old is the Almaty–Tashkent Talgo?
The line has been in service since 2024. 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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