Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
INTERNATIONAL BUSES
Bus services to Yerevan, Armenia (US$48, 20 hours), İstanbul (US$50, 30 hours) and
Baku, Azerbaijan (US$24, 13 to 17 hours) all typically leave around 10pm from outside
the relevant ticket offices on Imam Khomeini Ave.
Aram Safar
( 556 0597)
For Baku.
Khoshrah
( 556 4451)
Seiro Safar
( 555 7797)
Services sometimes leave from the train station concourse, so double check.
Train
Overnight trains to Tehran (13 hours) depart 5.30pm (from US$14) and 7.30pm (from
US$5) running via Maraqeh (2¼ hours), Zanjan (nine hours, arriving antisocially early)
and Qazvin. The
train station
( 444 4419; Rahohan Sq)
is 5km west of central Tabriz.
Shuttle taxis and city bus 111 drop off at the junction of Mellat Blvd and 22 Bahman St.
The 9am local train to Jolfa (US$2, 3½ hours) operates Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
only.
Weekly international trains:
Damascus
(from US$75, 60 hours) 7.30am Monday; change trains in Tatvan
İstanbul
(from US$82, three days) 8.30am Friday
Van
, Turkey (US$33, nine hours) 10.56pm Thursday, returns from Van 6.35am Friday
Getting Around
To/From the Airport
Airport bus 136 runs from Motahhari St every 40 minutes. Taxis (with blue stripe) should
cost US$1.
Bus & Minibus
City buses are relatively infrequent. Pre-buy US$0.50 tickets. Useful routes from the ma-
jor city-bus terminal include bus 160 to the bus terminal and bus 110 to Valiasr. Several
services run the length of 22 Bahman St (for the train station) including bus 111. Buses
136 (airport) and 115 (Marand terminal) leave from the west side of the bazaar. Bus 101
runs to Elgoli from near Saat Sq.
