Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:34 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €88.89, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 44m over 731 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €88.89, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€88.89
- 158%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Taldıqorğan
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:34First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Departure times on this route
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Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk 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 €193.94Mon21
- about €190.09Tue22
- about €186.24Wed23
- about €190.64Thu24
- about €151.59Fri25
- about €170.29Sat26
- about €142.79Sun27
- about €112.54Mon28
- about €100.99Tue29
- about €105.94Wed30
- about €118.04Thu1
- about €139.49Fri2
- about €146.09Sat3
- about €124.09Sun4
- about €88.89Mon5
- about €88.89Tue6
- about €91.64Wed7
- about €117.49Thu8
- about €91.09Fri9
- about €128.49Sat10
- about €99.89Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Ust-Kamenogorsk. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Ust-Kamenogorsk for the night the train gets in
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When to book Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €98.2490 days
- €102.6460 days
- €83.9445 days
- €75.1430 days
- €99.8921 days
- €124.0914 days
- €142.797 days
- €186.243 days
- €193.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €75.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 158 percent. The most expensive point is €193.94, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk 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
731 km
636 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
116,558 → 319,067
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 731 km against 636 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 Sarqant, Konayev, Talghar, Almaty. The gap between arriving and leaving is 78 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Oskemen-1 railway station
Most of the points near Oskemen-1 railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk
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 Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk?
The fastest journey from Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk takes 5h 44m door to door, of which 5h 1m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 2m, 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 Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk?
The cheapest fare from Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk is €88.89, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €124.09. 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 Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk?
The cheapest way from Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk is by train, at €88.89 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 5h 45m 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 Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk?
Fares from Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €75.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 158 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk, at €100.99. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk, at €64.69 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 Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk?
ҚТЖ publish service areas covering both Taldıqorğan and Ust-Kamenogorsk, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk?
20 percent of the services we sell from Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk are direct. The rest connect at Sarqant, Konayev, Talghar, Almaty, with about 78 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 Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk use?
Services from Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk by train leave from Taldyqorghan and arrive at Oskemen-1 railway 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 Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Taldıqorğan to Ust-Kamenogorsk on September 20, 2026: 731 km of route against 636 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €88.89, and 5h 44m 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 Ust-Kamenogorsk is somebody else's catalog.
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The two ends, compared
Taldıqorğan reaches 6 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 129 to 856 km. Ust-Kamenogorsk reaches 11 places in 2 countries, from 175 to 3,031 km.
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- 1Countries
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Arriving in Ust-Kamenogorsk
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- 4Operators