THE SHORT ANSWER
The fast train is the Jaloliddin Manguberdi: Tashkent 07:00, Khiva 14:42, every day except Sunday, from 780,000 som. Night trains take 14 h 24 min to 14 h 52 min, from 245,140 som for a berth. Flights to Urgench, 35 km from Khiva, take about 1 h 30 min. On 27 September the Manguberdi had seats on 5 of its next 17 departures.
Key facts
- Fast train to Khiva
- Jaloliddin Manguberdi 752: Tashkent-Markaziy 07:00 → Khiva 14:42 (7 h 42 min), every day except SundaySource ·
- Manguberdi fares, whole route
- Economy 780,000 som · business 1,006,000 · VIP 1,815,000 (VIP last seen on 24 Sep)Source ·
- Khiva station
- End of the line; 2.6 km by road, 1.2 km in a straight line, from Ichan-Kala's east gateSource ·
More key facts9
- Fast train back
- Manguberdi 751: Khiva 07:10 → Tashkent-Markaziy 15:12 (8 h 02 min), every day except MondaySource ·
- Night trains to Khiva
- 056 Tashkent-Janubiy 21:45 → Khiva 12:09 (Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat); 125 and 076 at 22:35/22:34 → 13:26 (Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat)Source ·
- Night-train berths
- Open berth 245,140 som · 4-berth compartment 348,550 · 2-berth SV 640,390 (056 only)Source ·
- Seats on sale on 27 Sep
- Manguberdi from Tashkent: 5 of 17 departures to 16 Oct, none later; night trains: 71 of 81 departures to 28 NovSource ·
- Ticket sales open
- At least 60 days before departure, 10:00 local time (UTC+5)Source ·
- Flights to Urgench
- 16 direct flights a week, about 1 h 30 min; lowest one-way fare found 470,104 somSource ·
- Airport train
- 7055 Urgench airport 08:40 → Khiva 09:22; 7058 Khiva 21:00 → airport 21:42; 25,000 somSource ·
- Urgench–Khiva toll motorway
- 35 km from the airport to Khiva, 15–17 min; 26,400 som per car; open since 4 Sep 2026Source ·
- By road
- 1,015 km, about 14 h of driving without stopsSource ·
Fast train, night train, flight or a night in Bukhara
Take the Manguberdi if it has seats on your date: it is the one way to leave Tashkent in the morning and walk into Ichan-Kala the same afternoon. Otherwise choose by what matters most. A night train saves a hotel night, a flight saves most of a day, and a night in Bukhara splits the trip into two short rides.
Driving is 1,015 km, via Samarkand and Bukhara, then the A380 across the Kyzylkum and the Urgench–Khiva toll motorway (26,400 som per car). OpenStreetMap routing gives about 14 hours at the wheel without stops, and no fare is published for a car over that distance. The desert stretch is covered in Bukhara to Khiva.
| Option | Runs | Tashkent → Khiva | Fare | Catch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaloliddin Manguberdi, train 752 | Every day except Sunday | 07:00 → 14:42, 7 h 42 min | 780,000 som in economy | Seats on 5 of 17 departures up to 16 October |
| Night train 056, 125 or 076 | Every day except Thursday and Sunday | 21:45 → 12:09 or 22:34/22:35 → 13:26, 14 h 24–52 min | 245,140 som open berth | Leaves from Tashkent-Janubiy (South) |
| Flight to Urgench, then 35 km by road | 16 flights a week | About 1 h 30 min in the air, 15–50 min into Khiva | From 470,104 som, the lowest fare found | Airport time; the airport train runs once a day |
| Afrosiyob to Bukhara, next day on to Khiva | Afrosiyob several times a day; Manguberdi from Bukhara except Sunday | 07:30 → Bukhara 11:39; next day 11:14 → 14:42 | 509,000 + 332,000 som | One more hotel night, and a day in Bukhara |
| Car with driver | Any day | 1,015 km, about 14 h of driving | Priced per car | More than a day's driving once you stop |
Tashkent to Khiva: the stop-by-stop timetable
Search Tashkent to Khiva and every train appears together. The Manguberdi leaves from Tashkent-Markaziy (Central, also called North); all night trains use Tashkent-Janubiy (South), a different station.
Sunday from Tashkent: no train goes to Khiva. That night the 125 runs only to Urgench (22:35 → 12:46), and the 058 to Shavat leaves Tashkent-Janubiy at 21:45 and reaches Urgench at 11:29; both leave you 41 km from Khiva. Thursday has only the Manguberdi.
| Station | 752 Manguberdi | 056 night | 125 night (076 on Mondays) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tashkent | dep 07:00, Markaziy | dep 21:45, Janubiy | dep 22:35 (076: 22:34), Janubiy |
| Samarkand | 09:13–09:23 | 01:42–02:02 | 02:21–03:00 |
| Bukhara-1 | 10:54–11:14 | 05:12–05:32 | 06:28–06:48 |
| Urgench | 14:12–14:22 | 11:29–11:39 | 12:46–12:56 |
| Khiva | arr 14:42 | arr 12:09 | arr 13:26 |
| Runs from Tashkent | Every day except Sunday | Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat | 125: Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat; 076: Mon |
| On board | 7 h 42 min | 14 h 24 min | 14 h 51 min |
Khiva to Tashkent: the return timetable
The Manguberdi is the only morning train back: 07:10 from Khiva, 15:12 in Tashkent. The night trains leave Khiva in the afternoon or evening and reach Tashkent before dawn or at breakfast time.
Monday from Khiva: no train leaves for Tashkent. From Urgench, 41 km away, the 126 leaves at 14:50 (Tashkent 05:23) and the 058 at 19:20 (Tashkent-Janubiy 08:22). Friday has only the Manguberdi.
| Station | 751 Manguberdi | 126 night (076 on Tuesdays) | 056 night |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khiva | dep 07:10 | dep 15:33 (076: 15:32) | dep 18:30 |
| Urgench | 07:30–07:40 | 16:03–16:23 | 19:00–19:20 |
| Bukhara-1 | 10:38–10:57 | 21:40–21:55 (076: arr 21:32) | 00:49–01:09 |
| Samarkand | 12:41–12:51 | 00:45–01:30 | 03:53–04:10 |
| Tashkent | arr 15:12, Markaziy | arr 05:23, then 126 goes on to Andijan | arr 08:22, Janubiy |
| Runs from Khiva | Every day except Monday | 126: Sun, Tue, Wed, Sat; 076: Tue | Sun, Wed, Thu, Sat |
| On board | 8 h 02 min | 13 h 50 min | 13 h 52 min |
Fares, classes and what the trains are like
The Manguberdi is not an Afrosiyob. Afrosiyob is the Talgo train to Samarkand, Bukhara and Qarshi; the Khiva train is a seven-car Hyundai Rotem electric train that entered service on 5 May 2026, with seats that turn to face the direction of travel, CCTV and screens showing the route and speed. It can reach 250 km/h, but there is no high-speed line: the 450 km from Bukhara through Urgench to Khiva was electrified for it, and it reaches Bukhara in 3 h 54 min, 15 minutes quicker than the 07:30 Afrosiyob.
Each Manguberdi departure sells economy plus one other class: VIP on the trainset that leaves Tashkent on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and Khiva on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, business on the other days. Every place is a seat, and the railway describes no food service, so bring water and food for eight hours. Tashkent–Urgench costs 750,000 som in economy and 970,000 in business, only 30,000 and 36,000 som less than the fare to Khiva.
The night trains carry three kinds of berth: platskart, an open-plan car without compartment doors; kupe, four-berth compartments; and SV, two-berth compartments, sold only on the 056. An open berth costs less than a third of the Manguberdi's economy fare and saves a hotel night. In kupe you share a closed compartment with up to three strangers, worth weighing if you travel alone.
More trains are coming: six Manguberdi sets are on order and three had arrived by 29 July 2026. A Tashkent–Nukus high-speed service is planned from March 2027, cutting that trip from 16 hours to 7.
| Train and class | Tashkent–Khiva | Samarkand–Khiva | Bukhara–Khiva | Urgench–Khiva |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manguberdi economy | 780,000 (≈ $66) | 518,000 | 332,000 | 50,000 |
| Manguberdi business | 1,006,000 (≈ $85) | 720,000 | 490,000 | 75,000 |
| Manguberdi VIP | 1,815,000 (≈ $153) | — | 640,000 | 150,000 |
| Night train, open berth (platskart) | 245,140 (≈ $21) | 192,310 | 157,100 | 102,480 |
| Night train, 4-berth compartment (kupe) | 348,550 (≈ $29) | 265,500 | 210,660 | 124,640 |
| Night train 056, 2-berth SV | 640,390 (≈ $54) | — | 364,390 | 191,700 |
Seats: sales open 60 days ahead, the fast train fills first
Sales open at least 60 days before departure from the train's first station, at 10:00 local time. For the Manguberdi that is 10:00 in Tashkent, and Khiva keeps the same time.
The 16 October cut-off was the same on 24 September: in three days the railway released no Manguberdi seats for later dates. If your date shows none, search again after 10:00 on the following days and hold a night-train berth or a flight as a fallback. Cancelling more than 24 hours before departure costs 15,000 som per seat; within 24 hours the railway also keeps half of the seat part of the fare, and within 6 hours all of it.
| Train | Dates searched | Departures with seats | What the search showed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manguberdi 752, Tashkent → Khiva | 28 Sep–16 Oct, 17 departures | 5 | 1–16 seats each; none on sale from 17 Oct to 28 Nov |
| Manguberdi 751, Khiva → Tashkent | 27 Sep–16 Oct, 17 departures | 8 | 15–117 seats each; none on sale from 17 Oct |
| Night trains to Khiva | 28 Sep–28 Nov, 81 departures | 71 | 1–367 berths each |
| Night trains to Tashkent | 27 Sep–28 Nov, 81 departures | 68 | 2–352 berths each |
Flying Tashkent–Urgench: about 1 h 30 min
Flights land at Urgench, 35 km from Khiva. On 27 September aviasales.uz listed 16 direct flights a week from Tashkent, about 1 h 30 min in the air, with departures between 05:20 and 01:50.
The cheapest one-way fare its users had found in the previous 48 hours was 470,104 som (≈ $40), for 1 December; with a checked bag, 538,004 som (≈ $45), for 2 November. These are platform figures, not airline tariffs.
From the airport, train 7055 leaves at 08:40 and reaches Khiva at 09:22 for 25,000 som (children 14,000); the 7058 returns from Khiva at 21:00 and reaches the airport at 21:42. It runs once a day each way, so for other flights take a car: 35 km and 15–17 minutes on the Urgench–Khiva toll motorway, whose toll is 26,400 som per car.
| Airline | Days | Fares from, som |
|---|---|---|
| Centrum Air | Every day | 748,716 |
| Uzbekistan Airways | Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun | 470,105 |
| FlyKhiva | Mon | 645,605 |
| Uzbekistan Helicopters | Wed | 982,716 |
Arriving: Khiva station, Urgench or the airport
Stay on the train to Khiva, the last stop. Urgench comes 20–30 minutes earlier and is a separate city, 41 km by road from Ichan-Kala. A Manguberdi ticket to Khiva costs only 30,000 som more than one to Urgench, and on the night trains the two fares are the same.
Khiva station opened in 2018, with an avenue leading towards the old town's east gate, Palvan Darvoza. Yandex Go has worked in Urgench and Khiva since June 2024. Its published Start rates are 2,500 som to board, then up to 1,000 som per km in town and 2,100 som per km outside it, and the app shows the fare before you order. The city itself: Khiva in one or two days.
| Arriving at | To Ichan-Kala | Options | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khiva station | 2.6 km by road, 4 min; 1.2 km in a straight line | On foot with light bags, taxi or hotel pickup | Yandex Go about 5,500 som |
| Urgench station | 41 km by road, about 30 min | Taxi or Yandex Go | Yandex Go roughly 48,000–93,000 som |
| Urgench airport | 35 km on the toll motorway, 15–17 min | Train 7055 at 08:40, taxi or Yandex Go | Train 25,000 som; car toll 26,400 som |
Booking: search by station and pay within 10 minutes
Book on eticket.uzrailpass.uz; the old address eticket.railway.uz redirects there. Station ticket offices are an official channel too, with your passport. Account set-up and refunds: Afrosiyob and tickets.
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Search Tashkent → Khiva (Xiva)
All trains appear together; the Manguberdi shows as 752 or 751 with its name.
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Choose the class
Economy plus business or VIP on the Manguberdi; open berth, compartment or SV on the night trains, each with its number of free places.
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Enter passport details
Use the passport you will travel with and correct any error before paying.
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Pay within 10 minutes
The site cancels unpaid orders after 10 minutes. It lists national cards, Visa, Mastercard, Mir, UnionPay, Google Pay and Apple Pay.
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Save the e-ticket
Download it with its 14-digit number. The operator advises showing it with your passport at the station checkpoint at least 30 minutes before departure: 06:30 for the 07:00 Manguberdi.
Watch out
- No train runs from Tashkent to Khiva on Sundays or from Khiva to Tashkent on Mondays; use the Urgench trains or a flight.
- On 27 September the Manguberdi from Tashkent had seats on 5 of its next 17 departures, and none were on sale for dates after 16 October.
- Night trains leave from Tashkent-Janubiy, not Markaziy. Check the station on your ticket before you call a taxi.
- Services get cut back: from 31 July to 10 August 2026 the Manguberdi ran only to Urgench, with a free bus to Khiva, and on 11–16 August the 056 and 125 also ended there.
- Times move by minutes: the 751's arrival in Tashkent changed from 15:06 on 24 September to 15:12 on 27 September. Go by your ticket.
- The 07:00 start means a night in Tashkent first unless you land well before dawn; see arriving at Tashkent airport.
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Common questions
How do I get from Andijan to Khiva by train?
Train 125 leaves Andijan at 15:50 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, calls at Tashkent at 22:35 and reaches Khiva at 13:26 the next day: 21 h 36 min, from 301,030 som for an open berth or 436,610 som in a compartment (search of 27 September 2026). On Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays it ends at Urgench. The return, 126, leaves Khiva at 15:33 and reaches Andijan at 12:59.
Do I need to print the ticket?
The railway's domestic booking guide says no: show the e-ticket on your phone with your passport. Its terms still recommend a printout, so carry one as a backup.
Can I get off in Bukhara and continue another day?
Yes. Every section is sold as a separate ticket, so you can book Tashkent–Bukhara and Bukhara–Khiva for different days. Every train on the second leg is in Bukhara to Khiva.
Can I fly straight to Khiva?
No: Khiva has no airport of its own. Flights land at Urgench International Airport, 35 km away by the toll motorway, and the airport train or a taxi covers the last stretch.
Sources and checks21 sources
Train times, days, fares and free seats come from station-pair searches in the official booking system on 27 September 2026 (VIP fares and the class pattern also on 24 September); flights from the aviasales.uz route page the same day. Distances and drive times are OpenStreetMap routing; taxi figures are arithmetic on Yandex Go's published maximum rates. Seats change by the hour, so the ticket you buy is what counts.
- Uzbekistan Railways booking search (eticket.uzrailpass.uz)
Russian. Station-pair searches for every date from 27 September to 28 November 2026: train numbers, stop times, days, classes, fares and free seats; checked 27 September 2026 (VIP fares and class pattern also on 24 September).
- Uzbekistan Railways public offer
Uzbek. Section 3: sales open at least 60 days ahead at 10:00 local time; printed e-ticket and passport at the checkpoint at least 30 minutes before departure recommended; read 24 September 2026.
- Uzbekistan Railways: how to buy e-tickets
Russian. 10-minute payment window, card networks, 14-digit e-ticket, no printout needed for domestic trains; read 24 September 2026.
- Operator statement on ticket sales channels
Uzbek, 4 April 2026. Websites, apps and station ticket offices as official channels; read 14 September 2026.
- Uzbekistan Railways: how to return tickets
Uzbek. Refund deductions: 15,000 som per seat, plus 50% of the seat part within 24 hours and 100% within 6 hours; read 14 September 2026.
- Uzbekistan Railways: Jaloliddin Manguberdi launch
Russian, 5 May 2026. Hyundai Rotem, seven cars, 250 km/h capability, turning seats, CCTV, route screens, 450 km electrified; read 24 September 2026.
- Uzbekistan Railways: second trainset and fleet
Uzbek, 29 July 2026. Six sets ordered, three delivered; read 24 September 2026.
- Spot: Tashkent–Khiva launch and fares
Russian, local media, 30 April 2026. No separate high-speed line yet; Tashkent–Samarkand line at feasibility stage; read 24 September 2026.
- Gazeta: Tashkent–Nukus high-speed train from March 2027
Uzbek, local media, 19 September 2026. Presidential meeting: 16 hours cut to 7; a plan, not a timetable; read 24 September 2026.
- Uzbekistan Railways: carriage types
Russian. Platskart, kupe and SV layouts; read 24 September 2026.
- Operator notices: trains cut back to Urgench
Uzbek, 30 July 2026: trains 752/751 to Urgench only from 31 July to 10 August 2026, free bus to Khiva. The 11 August notice (t.me/uzrailpassuz/4583) cut back the 56/55 and 125 on 11–16 August; both checked 27 September 2026.
- Operator notice: May timetable changes
Uzbek, 6 May 2026. Khiva–Tashkent night train at Samarkand 03:53–04:10; checked 27 September 2026 against the booking search (03:53 arrival).
- Operator notice: Urgench airport–Khiva train
Uzbek, 3 September 2026. Trains 7055/7058, times, 25,000 som adult and 14,000 som child fares, six CRRC cars; checked 27 September 2026.
- Aviasales.uz: Tashkent–Urgench route page
Russian, booking platform. 16 direct flights a week, 1 h 34 min average, airlines and days, lowest fares found in the previous 48 hours; read 27 September 2026. Platform figures, not airline tariffs.
- Spot: the Urgench–Khiva toll motorway opens
Uzbek, local media, 8 September 2026. 35 km from Urgench airport to Khiva, open from 4 September 2026, 26,400 som per car, 15–17 minutes instead of 45–50; checked 27 September 2026.
- Yandex Go tariffs: Khiva and Urgench
Uzbek. Start tariff maximums before surge coefficients, valid to 29 September 2026 (also taxi.yandex.uz/khiva/tariff/); checked 27 September 2026. Fare ranges are our arithmetic on these rates.
- Spot: Yandex Go starts in Urgench and Khiva
Uzbek, local media, 27 June 2024. Service launch in Urgench and Khiva; checked 27 September 2026.
- Uzbekistan Railways: Khiva station
Uzbek, 2021. Station opened in 2018, avenue towards Ichan-Kala; read 24 September 2026.
- OpenStreetMap: Khiva station
Station and Ichan-Kala gate coordinates; straight-line distances are our measurement; checked 27 September 2026. ODbL.
- OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM): Tashkent–Khiva
1,015 km and about 14 h of modelled driving via the M39, M37, A380 and the Urgench–Khiva toll road; Khiva station–east gate 2.6 km; Urgench station–Khiva 41 km; checked 27 September 2026.
- Central Bank of Uzbekistan: USD rate
11,825.40 som per US dollar from 26 September 2026; used for the rounded USD figures; checked 27 September 2026.