Zhetikara to Astana train

Trains from Zhetikara to Astana start at €108.14 and take 6h 42m at their fastest.

ZhitikaraZhitikaraAstanaAstana
New building along the embankment on the right (north) bank of the Ishim River in Astana, Kazakhstan. This roughly across the river from the city park.

The Trains from Zhetikara to Astana starts at €108.14 and takes 6h 42m door to door, run by 1 operator over 822 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 42mDoor to door
  • 5h 58mMoving
  • €108.14 to €267.64From
  • 06:39 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 4Per day
  • 27.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€108.14 to €267.64 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €267.64Wed16
  2. about €217.59Thu17
  3. about €229.14Fri18
  4. about €210.99Sat19
  5. about €162.04Sun20
  6. about €146.64Mon21
  7. about €173.04Tue22
  8. about €129.04Wed23
  9. about €163.69Thu24
  10. about €136.74Fri25
  11. about €146.09Sat26
  12. about €128.49Sun27
  13. about €126.29Mon28
  14. about €108.14Tue29

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€96.04
  1. ҚТЖ S-207707:3050m08:20Zhitikara stationLisakovsk station
  2. ҚТЖ S-481109:325h 5m14:37Lisakovsk stationAstana-1 station

Changes at Lisakovsk, with 72 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 7h 51mCO2 27.7 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€104.29
  1. ҚТЖ S-621306:395h 58m12:37Zhitikara stationAstana-1 station

Door to door 6h 42mCO2 27.1 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

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
ҚТЖ€99.346h 17m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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A hotel room

A room in Astana for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Zhetikara to Astana

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

  1. €105.3990 days
  2. €119.6960 days
  3. €98.7945 days
  4. €100.9930 days
  5. €96.0421 days
  6. €108.1414 days
  7. €173.047 days
  8. €229.143 days
  9. €267.641 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €96.04.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €267.64, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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. €128.49Sun
  2. €126.29Mon
  3. €108.14Tue
  4. €129.04Wed
  5. €163.69Thu
  6. €136.74Fri
  7. €146.09Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Astana

Rail
  • Astana-1 station
  • Astana Nurly Zhol station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 822 km against 715 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 Arkalyk, Lisakovsk, Aktobe. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Zhetikara at 06:39 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Zhetikara to Astana

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 Zhetikara to Astana take?

The Train from Zhetikara to Astana takes 6h 42m door to door, of which 5h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 822 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 Zhetikara to Astana cost?

The Train from Zhetikara to Astana starts at €108.14 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €103.47. 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 Zhetikara to Astana?

1 operators run the Train from Zhetikara to Astana: ҚТЖ. Between them they file around 4 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 Zhetikara to Astana use?

The Train from Zhetikara to Astana leaves from Zhitikara station and arrives at Astana-1 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.

When should I book the Train from Zhetikara to Astana?

Fares for the Train from Zhetikara to Astana bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €96.04. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 179 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Zhetikara to Astana produce?

The Train from Zhetikara to Astana produces about 27.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 822 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 Zhetikara to Astana?

Operators on the Train from Zhetikara to Astana publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 42m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Zhetikara to Astana on September 15, 2026: 822 km of route against 715 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €108.14, and 6h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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