Night train route
Tulpar Talgo
Almaty → Astana · Kazakhstan
Tulpar Talgo in pictures
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- Distance
- 1,300 km
- Fastest time
- 16 h 19 min
- Average speed
- 80 km/h
- Top speed
- 140 km/h
- Operator
- Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ)
- Train
- Tulpar-Talgo
- Countries
- Kazakhstan
- In service since
- 2002
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Kazakh-assembled Talgo sets glide low over the steppe, tracking Lake Balkhash’s western shore all night between the old and new capitals.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 96.7% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 4 m); the longest stretch away from it is 10 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Kazakhstan Temir Zholy — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
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