Night train route
Ashgabat–Türkmenabat Night Train
Ashgabat → Türkmenabat · Turkmenistan
Ashgabat–Türkmenabat Night Train in pictures
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- Distance
- 560 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 13 h
- Average speed
- 43 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- Türkmendemirýollary (TDY)
- Train
- TDY sleeper
- Countries
- Turkmenistan
- In service since
- 1886
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Down the Tsarist Trans-Caspian mainline of 1886: overnight past Merv’s ruined oasis and the Karakum sands to the Amu Darya’s banks.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Türkmendemirýollary — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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