Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tashkent Metro
Turkiston
Yunusobod
Fayzulla Khojaev
Habib Abdullaev
Bodomzor
Minor
Alisher Navoi (Blue Line)
Pakhtakor (Red Line)
Bunyodkor
(Druzhba Narodev)
Abdulla Qodiriy
Milliy Bog
Amir Timur Hiyoboni (Red Line)
Yunus Rajabiy (Green Line)
Hamza
Ming Orik (Green Line)
Mirzo Ulughbek
Oybek (Blue Line)
Bobur
Chilonzor
Tuqimachi
Sobir Rakhimov
Usmon Nosir
Janubi
Chilonzor Line (Red Line)
Uzbekistan Line (Blue Line)
Yunusobod Line (Green Line)
Chilonzor Line (Red Line)
Uzbekistan Line (Blue Line)
Yunusobod Line (Green Line)
Under Construction
Ippodrom
Under Construction
Buying Tickets
The main ticket booth is to the right as you enter
the train station; the ticket booth for slow local
(
prigorodny,
or 'suburban') trains is on the left.
As there are always long lines, many travellers
get travel agencies to book tickets for them,
or use the 'hall of Luxury for Rail Passengers',
which can be found in the right-hand side of the
ticket oice. For a very reasonable 3000S per
ticket commission, you'll avoid the long lines.
You'll need your passport to purchase train
tickets (a photocopy won't do).
5000S, but you'll need to bargain very hard to
get that price at the airport. To elude the airport
taxis, simply walk out to the main road to hail
a car on the street, or take any bus heading
roughly towards the centre and lag down a
cheaper taxi there.
if you do end up taking an airport taxi, make
sure to agree on a irm price beforehand.
CAR
Any hotel or travel agency can arrange a com-
fortable private car and driver from about US$10
per hour. You'll pay less - US$5 to US$8 per
hour, depending on your negotiating skills - on
the street, but you'll usually need some basic
Russian for this.
METRO
Tashkent's
metro
(per trip 600S;
h
5am-mid-
night) is the easiest way to get around. During
the day you'll never wait more than ive minutes
for a train, and the stations are clean and safe,
though the security is tight. You'll be required
to have your bags inspected twice on the way in
to any station, though normally the police are
not interested in shake downs, but be sure you
always have your passport and registration slips
with you. You'll need to buy a
zheton
(token) for
each trip. Be aware that photography is strictly
forbidden inside the stations.
Despite the use of Uzbek for signs and an-
nouncements, the system is easy to use, and
well enough signposted that you hardly need a
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Getting¨Around
TO/FROM THE AIRPORT
Buses are the cheapest way to/from the airport.
Coming from the airport, they're also an alterna-
tive to the taxi drivers who routinely try to rip of
out-of-towners. Unfortunately they stop running
at 10.30pm despite the fact that many lights
arrive in the middle of the night.
Bus 67 travels from the airport to the intercon
via Usmon Nosir, Shakhrisabz and Amir Timur,
a 35-minute journey. Marshrutka 62 follows
the same route. Buses 11 and 76 go from the
airport to Chorsu Bazaar via Bobur and Furqat
streets. Bus 11 also connects the international
terminal (terminal 2) and the domestic terminal
(terminal 3).
The 7km, 20-minute taxi ride to/from the
centre of Tashkent should cost no more than
