Balqash to Shakhtinsk runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:44 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €51.49 and €58.09, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 37m over 419 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€51.49 to €58.09
- 130%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Balqash
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:44First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
ҚТЖ runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Balqash to Shakhtinsk on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €118.59Wed16
- about €127.94Thu17
- about €111.44Fri18
- about €116.39Sat19
- about €99.34Sun20
- about €88.88Mon21
- about €71.84Tue22
- about €70.74Wed23
- about €95.49Thu24
- about €70.74Fri25
- about €92.19Sat26
- about €66.34Sun27
- about €65.24Mon28
- about €58.09Tue29
- about €51.49Wed30
- about €57.54Thu1
- about €66.88Fri2
- about €69.63Sat3
- about €60.29Sun4
- about €51.49Mon5
- about €54.24Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Shakhtinsk. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Shakhtinsk for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Автовокзал Шахтинска and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Balqash to Shakhtinsk
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €61.3990 days
- €62.4960 days
- €51.4945 days
- €52.5930 days
- €54.2421 days
- €58.0914 days
- €71.847 days
- €111.443 days
- €118.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €51.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 130 percent. The most expensive point is €118.59, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Balqash to Shakhtinsk and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
419 km
364 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
81,364 → 41,602
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 419 km against 364 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Temirtau, Astana. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
Shakhtinsk is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Автовокзал Шахтинска
Most of the points near Автовокзал Шахтинска open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Balqash to Shakhtinsk
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Balqash to Shakhtinsk?
The fastest journey from Balqash to Shakhtinsk takes 3h 37m door to door, of which 3h 17m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 51m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Balqash to Shakhtinsk?
The cheapest fare from Balqash to Shakhtinsk is €51.49, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €70.74. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Balqash to Shakhtinsk?
The cheapest way from Balqash to Shakhtinsk is by train, at €58.09 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 4h 1m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Balqash to Shakhtinsk?
Fares from Balqash to Shakhtinsk bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €51.49. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 130 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Balqash to Shakhtinsk?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Balqash to Shakhtinsk, at €58.09. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Balqash to Shakhtinsk?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Balqash to Shakhtinsk, at €37.74 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Balqash to Shakhtinsk?
1 operators sell services from Balqash to Shakhtinsk across 1 mode: ҚТЖ. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Balqash to Shakhtinsk?
33 percent of the services we sell from Balqash to Shakhtinsk are direct. The rest connect at Temirtau, Astana, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Balqash to Shakhtinsk use?
Services from Balqash to Shakhtinsk by train leave from Balqash station and arrive at Shakhtinsk station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Balqash to Shakhtinsk?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Balqash to Shakhtinsk allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Balqash to Shakhtinsk on September 15, 2026: 419 km of route against 364 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €51.49, and 3h 37m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Shakhtinsk is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Shakhtinsk and across Kazakhstan
Day trips that leave Shakhtinsk in the morning and cover a good part of Kazakhstan by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Balqash reaches 6 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 357 to 546 km. Shakhtinsk reaches 4 places in 1 countries, from 46 to 790 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Balqash
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- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Shakhtinsk
Leaving Shakhtinsk
- 4Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators