Night train route
Tashkent–Khiva Night Train
Tashkent → Khiva · Uzbekistan
Tashkent–Khiva Night Train in pictures
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- Distance
- 1,120 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 14 h
- Average speed
- 80 km/h
- Top speed
- 90 km/h
- Operator
- Uzbekistan Railways ↗
- Train
- UTY night sleeper
- Countries
- Uzbekistan
- In service since
- 2018
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Khiva had no railway until 2018: now a sleeper crosses the Kyzylkum desert overnight and draws up beside the mud-walled Itchan Kala at breakfast.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 20698563 — 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 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Uzbekistan Railways — 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
How long is the Tashkent–Khiva Night Train?
The Tashkent–Khiva Night Train runs 1,120 km from Tashkent to Khiva.
How long does the Tashkent–Khiva Night Train take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 14 h for the 1,120 km. That is an average of 80 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 90 km/h.
Who runs the Tashkent–Khiva Night Train?
Uzbekistan Railways, with UTY night sleeper.
How old is the Tashkent–Khiva Night Train?
The line has been in service since 2018. 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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