Classic route
Baku–Ganja Express
Baku → Ganja · Azerbaijan
Double-deck KISS EMUs since 2021, sprinting the Kura steppe to Azerbaijan’s second city: the quickest thing on rails between the Caspian and the Lesser Caucasus.
Stations
- 0 kmBakı
- 14 kmBiləcəri
- 248 kmUcar
- 268 kmLəki
- 293 kmYevlax Stansiyası
- 318 kmGoran Stansiyası
- 360 kmGanja
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.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 17506963 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 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 Baku–Ganja Express?
The Baku–Ganja Express runs 363 km from Baku to Ganja.
How long does the Baku–Ganja Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 4 h for the 363 km. That is an average of 91 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Baku–Ganja Express?
Azerbaijan Railways (ADY), with Stadler KISS.
How old is the Baku–Ganja Express?
The line has been in service since 2021. 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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