Trains to Almaty

20 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

20 places connect to Almaty by Trains, across 1 country, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 69 km away to 973 km, with a median of 787 km.

Checked September 30, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Almaty

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Almaty, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Konayev to Almaty train€11.881h 23m69 km
Taldıqorğan to Almaty train€33.342h 49m228 km
Sarkand to Almaty train€48.193h 38m339 km
Balqash to Almaty train€60.294h 9m427 km
Karaganda to Almaty train€86.696h 4m784 km
Ust-Kamenogorsk to Almaty train€97.146h 38m864 km
Astana to Almaty train€107.597h 24m973 km
Shakhtinsk to Almaty train€109.796h 55m790 km
Saran to Almaty train€110.347h 7m792 km
Temirtau to Almaty train€113.097h 44m814 km
  • 20Places you can arrive from
  • 20Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Almaty is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in Almaty?

Sort by distance from Almaty-1 railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km210%Konayev, 69 km
200 to 600 km630%Taldykorgan, 228 km
600 to 1,500 km1260%Karagandy, 784 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Almaty that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Kazakhstan20100%
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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
ҚТЖNoneNone140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Almaty

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

Almaty

Rail
  • Almaty-1 railway station
  • Almaty-2 railway station
  • Burundai
Leaving

Leaving Almaty

Common questions about Trains to Almaty

Where can I travel to Almaty by Trains from?

20 places connect to Almaty by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 69 km away in a straight line and the furthest 973 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Almaty cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Almaty is €11.88 for one passenger, across 20 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 787 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Almaty take?

The fastest Trains journey into Almaty is 1h 23m door to door. The median origin sits 787 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Trains to Almaty?

1 operators run Trains services into Almaty on our network: ҚТЖ. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalog rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Trains to Almaty use?

Trains services into Almaty use 3 named terminals, among them Almaty-1 railway station, Almaty-2 railway station, Burundai. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach Almaty

A day in Almaty hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Almaty?

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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