Tbilisi to Batumi train

Trains from Tbilisi to Batumi start at €36.64 and take 2h 36m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Tbilisi to Batumi starts at €36.64 and takes 2h 36m door to door, run by 2 operators over 266 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 36mDoor to door
  • 1h 52mMoving
  • €36.64From
  • 8.8 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Fastest€38.29
  1. სს "საქართველოს რკინიგზა" S-328106:251h 52m08:17Tbilisi railway stationBatumi railway station

Door to door 2h 36mCO2 8.8 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
სს "საქართველოს რკინიგზა"€33.342h 36m
Հարավկովկասյան երկաթուղի / სს "საქართველოს რკინიგზა"€31.142h 38m

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Booking window

When to book Tbilisi to Batumi

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €17.7890 days
  2. €13.9360 days
  3. €12.8345 days
  4. €12.8330 days
  5. €19.4321 days
  6. €24.9314 days
  7. €25.487 days
  8. €28.233 days
  9. €41.981 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.83.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 227 percent. The most expensive point is €41.98, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €19.43Sun
  2. €17.78Mon
  3. €19.43Tue
  4. €17.78Wed
  5. €23.28Thu
  6. €26.58Fri
  7. €24.93Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Tbilisi

Rail
  • Tbilisi railway station
  • Tbilisi Airport railway station
  • Avchala

Batumi

Rail
  • Batumi railway station
  • Chakvi
  • Makhinjauri railway station
The journey

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
56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 266 km against 266 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Poti, Gori, Kutaisi, Gyumri. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Tbilisi at 06:15 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train2h 36m1h 52m44m€36.648.8 kg6
Flight3h 58m48m3h 10m€42.0367.4 kg2
Coach4h 43m3h 59m44m€16.687.2 kg1

Questions about Tbilisi to Batumi

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 the Train from Tbilisi to Batumi take?

The Train from Tbilisi to Batumi takes 2h 36m door to door, of which 1h 52m is spent moving. The route runs 266 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Tbilisi to Batumi cost?

The Train from Tbilisi to Batumi starts at €36.64 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €42.41. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Tbilisi to Batumi?

2 operators run the Train from Tbilisi to Batumi: სს "საქართველოს რკინიგზა", Հարավկովկասյան երկաթուղի / სს "საქართველოს რკინიგზა". Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Tbilisi to Batumi use?

The Train from Tbilisi to Batumi leaves from Tbilisi railway station and arrives at Batumi railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Train the best way from Tbilisi to Batumi?

Traveling from Tbilisi to Batumi by Coach costs €16.68 and takes 4h 43m door to door, against 2h 36m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Tbilisi to Batumi?

Fares for the Train from Tbilisi to Batumi bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.83. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 227 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Tbilisi to Batumi produce?

The Train from Tbilisi to Batumi produces about 8.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 266 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Tbilisi to Batumi?

Operators on the Train from Tbilisi to Batumi publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 36m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Tbilisi to Batumi on September 12, 2026: 266 km of route against 266 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €36.64, and 2h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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