Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
China Southern
(
%
252 16 04; Afrosiab
2, Dalston Business Centre, 2nd fl;
h
9am-6pm
Mon-Fri;
m
oybek) Flies to Ürümqi and Beijing.
Czech Airlines
(
%
120 89 89; Air Travel Sys-
tems, Mirobod 12/19;
h
9am-6pm Mon-Fri;
m
Kosmonavtlar) Two flights per week to
Prague.
Iran Air
(
%
233 81 63; Toytepa 1;
h
9am-6pm
Sun-Thu;
m
Amir Timur hiyoboni) Flies once a
week to Tehran.
Korean Air
(
%
129 20 01; oybek 28/14;
h
9am-6pm Mon-Fri;
m
oybek) Flies to Seoul.
Transaero
(
%
129 75 55; Nukus kochasi;
h
9am-6pm Mon-Fri;
m
Toshkent) Flights to
Moscow.
Turkish Airlines
(
%
236 79 89; Navoi 11A;
h
9am-6pm Mon-Fri;
m
Abdulla Qodiriy)
Frequent flights to İstanbul and connections
around the world.
Uzbekistan Airways
(
%
140 02 00; Amur
Timur 51;
h
8am-8pm;
m
Toshkent) Flies to
Almaty, Baku, Bangkok, Beijing, Bishkek, Delhi,
Dubai, Frankfurt, İtanbul, London, Moscow,
Paris, Rome, Seoul and Tel-Aviv, as well as
operating domestic flights around the country.
Buying Tickets
international tickets can be bought at any of
the ubiquitous
aviakassa
(private travel agents)
around town. Domestic tickets can only be
bought at the Uzbekistan Airways oice in the
centre of town, or either the domestic or inter-
national terminals of the airport. These must be
purchased in cash (US dollars) by foreigners.
BUS & SHARED TAXI
Private buses, marshrutkas and shared taxis
to Samarkand, Bukhara (Buxoro) and Urgench
leave from two locations: from the Sobir Rahi-
mov private bus station (not to be confused with
the public bus station) on prospekt Bunyodkor
(Druzhba Narodov), about 7km southwest of
Navoi Park, near Sobir Rahimov metro; and from
the huge private bus yard behind the ippodrom
Bazaar, 3km beyond Sobir Rahimov metro on pr
Bunyodkor. Rides to Termiz, Denau and Karshi
leave exclusively from the latter.
The
public bus station
(Tashkent Avtovokzal;
%
279 3929; pr Bunyodkor), across the street
from Sobir Rahimov metro, has a smattering of
scheduled trips to most major cities.
The main departure point for shared taxis and
marshrutkas to the Fergana Valley is near Kuyluk
Bazaar, about 20 minutes east of the centre on
the Fergana hwy. Take bus 68 eastbound along
Navoi from the Turkuaz stop, or tram 9 from
Usmon Nosir ko'chasi or the train station. Alter-
natively, it's a 7000S taxi ride from the centre.
TRAIN
The most comfortable, if not the most lexible,
way to travel westward from Tashkent is via train
out of Tashkent's
train station
(zheleznodoro-
zhny vokzal;
%
299 72 16, 299 76 40), next to
the Tashkent metro station.
The brand new, super fast 'Afrosoiyob' bullet
train to Samarkand departs daily at 8am (econo-
my/business 51,000/68,000S, 2½ hours), while
the far cheaper but still very fast 'Sharq' train
departs Tashkent at 8.30am daily to Samarkand
(economy/business 27,000/41,000S, 3 hrs 40
mins) and continues to Bukhara (economy/busi-
ness 37,000/57,000S, 6½ hrs).
Slower Soviet-era passenger trains trundle
to those and other cities. The following prices
are for
platskartny
/
kupe
(3rd class/2nd class
sleeper) carriages: Bukhara (38,000/55,000S,
11 hours, nightly), Nukus (65,000/95,000S,
22 hours, six weekly), Samarkand
(29,000/42,000S, 6½ hours, frequent), Termiz
(48,000/72,000S, 14 hours, even dates) and
Urgench (60,000/88,000S, 22 hours, four
weekly).
BUS,¨SHARED¨TAXI¨&¨MARSHRUTKA¨
There aren't any schedules, but there are dozens of vehicles heading to all of the follow-
ing detinations throughout the day. As long as you don't arrive too late in the afternoon,
you'll have no problem inding a ride and should be on your way within an hour.
DESTINATION
SHARED TAXI (COST/
DURATION)
MARSHRUTKA (COST/
DURATION)
BUS (COST/
DURATION)
Andijon
40,000S/5hr
25,000S/7hr
-
Bukhara
80,000S/6½hr
50,000S/8hr
30,000S/10hr
Fergana
30,000S/4hr
15,000S/5½hr
-
Kokand
20,000S/3hr
10,000S/4hr
-
Samarkand
25,000S/3½hr
20,000S/4½hr
16,000S/6hr
Termiz
65,000S/9hr
40,000S/12hr
24,000S/13hr
Urgench/Khiva
100,000/12hr
70,000S/13hr
50,000S/20hr
