There are 8 ways to get from Saint Petersburg to Samarqand Region by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly to Samarkand International Airport
best- Fly from Pulkovo Airport (LED) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane LED - SKD
9h 40m$302–702Train via Верхний Баскунчак
cheapest- Take the train from St Petersburg Glavny to Verhnii Baskunchaktrain 109А
- Take the train from Verkhniy Baskunchak to Samarkandtrain 123F
3d 8h$87–158Train
- Take the train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaiatrain 109А
- Take the train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkandtrain 360
3d 5h$117–206Bus, drive
- Take the bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Moscow Kotelniki Bus Station to Asian Express Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Asian Express Terminal to Penjikentbus
- Drive from Penjikent to Samarkandcar
3d 12h$163–182Drive 4,133 km
- Drive from Saint Petersburg to Samarkandcar 4,133 km
2d 7h$365–527Fly to Bukhara International Airport, train
- Fly from Pulkovo Airport (LED) to Bukhara International Airport (BHK)plane LED - BHK
- Take the train from Bukhara 1 to Kattakurgantrain
11h 7m$403–1,123Fly to Tashkent International Airport, train
- Fly from Pulkovo Airport (LED) to Tashkent International Airport (TAS)plane LED - TAS
- Take the train from Tashkent Central to Kattakurgantrain
12h 14m$205–598Train #2
- Take the train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Leningradsky Railway Terminaltrain
- Take the train from Paveletsky Rail Terminal to Shymkenttrain 318
- Take the train from Shymkent to Tashkent Centraltrain
- Take the train from Tashkent Central to Samarkandtrain
3d 9h
Pulkovo Airport (LED) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Saint Petersburg to Samarqand Region is to train via Верхний Баскунчак which costs $85 - $160 and takes 3 days 8h.
The fastest way to get from Saint Petersburg to Samarqand Region is to fly which takes 9h 40m and costs $300 - $700.
No, there is no direct train from Saint Petersburg to Samarqand Region. However, there are services departing from St Petersburg Glavny and arriving at Samarkand via Aksarayskaya-1. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 5h.
The distance between Saint Petersburg and Samarqand Region is 3438 km. The road distance is 4133 km.
The best way to get from Saint Petersburg to Samarqand Region without a car is to train which takes 3 days 5h and costs $110 - $210.
It takes approximately 9h 40m to get from Saint Petersburg to Samarqand Region, including transfers.
Saint Petersburg to Samarqand Region train services, operated by Russian Railways (РЖД), depart from St Petersburg Glavny station.
The best way to get from Saint Petersburg to Samarqand Region is to fly which takes 9h 40m and costs $300 - $700. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $110 - $210 and takes 3 days 5h.
Samarqand Region is 2h ahead of Saint Petersburg. It is currently 8:36 AM in Saint Petersburg and 10:36 AM in Samarqand Region.
Saint Petersburg to Samarqand Region train services, operated by Russian Railways (РЖД), arrive at Aksaraiskaia station.
What companies run services between Saint Petersburg, Russia and Samarqand Region, Uzbekistan?
Taban Air, Aeroflot Russian Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Pulkovo Airport (LED) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from St Petersburg Glavny to Samarkand via Aksaraiskaia, Aksarayskaya-1, and Samarkand in around 3d 5h.
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Samarkand International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–900
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Bukhara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Bukhara International Airport via Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Samarkand International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Urgench
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
- Website
- taban.aero
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Samarkand International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–700
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–470
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Samarkand International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- utair.ru
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Samarkand International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- uralairlines.ru
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Koltsovo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $240–340
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $60–80
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $80–110
Train from St Petersburg Glavny to Verhnii Baskunchak
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $230–320
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $55–75
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $75–110
- Phone
- +992 (37) 227 21 77
- [email protected]
- Website
- railway.tj
Train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Schedules at
- railway.tj
- Book at
- eng.rzd.ru
- Phone
- 1005
- [email protected]
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Bukhara 1 to Kattakurgan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Sleeper
- $10–11
- Coupe
- $12–14
- SV
- $20–23
Train from Tashkent Central to Kattakurgan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–19
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Sleeper
- $12–14
- Coupe
- $17–19
- SV
- $29–32
Train from Verkhniy Baskunchak to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $32–52
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Sleeper
- $32–35
- Coupe
- $48–52
- SV
- $90–100
- Phone
- 1005
- [email protected]
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Bukhara 1 to Kattakurgan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–19
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Business class
- $17–19
- Econom class
- $12
Train from Tashkent Central to Kattakurgan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–41
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Business class
- $37–41
- Econom class
- $27
Train from Tashkent Central to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Business class
- $32–35
- Econom class
- $23
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- rzd.ru
Train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Leningradsky Railway Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- Phone
- +7 (800) 777 20 19
- Website
- poezdmegapolis.ru
Train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Leningradsky Railway Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- poezdmegapolis.ru
- Phone
- +996 (312) 30 02 09
- Website
- railway.kg
Train from Paveletsky Rail Terminal to Shymkent
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $240–380
- Website
- https://railway.kg/?lang=en
- Book at
- https://ticket.railway.kg/
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Shymkent to Tashkent Central
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 1st Class (Lux)
- $24–35
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $13–19
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- $4–7
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Schedules at
- ecolines.ru
- Book at
- ecolines.ru
- Phone
- 1616
Bus from Moscow Kotelniki Bus Station to Asian Express Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 19h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $131
Bus from Asian Express Terminal to Penjikent
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8
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