Classic route
Trans-Caspian Express
Ashgabat → Turkmenbashi · Turkmenistan
Trans-Caspian Express in pictures
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- Distance
- 580 km
- Fastest time
- 12 h
- Average speed
- 48 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- Türkmendemirýollary
- Train
- CKD9A · sleeper
- Countries
- Turkmenistan
- In service since
- 1885
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The historic Trans-Caspian line along the Karakum Desert’s edge, from Ashgabat to Turkmenistan’s lone Caspian port at Türkmenbaşy.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 96.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 3 m); the longest stretch away from it is 15 km
- 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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