Dubai To Tashkent, TASHKENT To Samarkand Via Bullet Train FULL JOURNEY

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The 7.28am train to Bukhara, via Samarkand, pulls out of the Uzbek capital Tashkent on time. The Spanish-built Talgo bullet train will reach over 137mph as it speeds across the largely flat expanse of central Uzbekistan on its way to the country’s cities and religious buildings associated with the rise and fall of empire and its Silk Road trade history.

As train travel benefits from the renewed appeal of slow travel – taking the most energy-efficient transport option, not necessarily the quickest – crossing Uzbekistan’s vast landscape by rail is something the country is keen to promote.

Construction of the Tashkent to Samarkand bullet train line began in 2011, with the goal of halving the travel times of the ageing Soviet-era rail network that the country inherited in 1991 with its independence from the Soviet Union.

The country’s still-expanding high speed rail network, the continued loosening of travel restrictions and the beauty of its many Unesco World Heritage-designated attractions are all succeeding in attracting a growing numbers of visitors. As more than 60 countries now enjoy visa-free travel to Uzbekistan, 5.3 million arrived in 2018 and 9 million are expected annually by 2025.
The bullet train has made travel around Uzbekistan and three of its four most popular tourist destinations easy and affordable, as well as being part of the tourist experience itself. Travel between the capital Tashkent and desert city of Bukhara was once a day-long train ride or expensive flight, but since 2016 the 373mph journey was cut to just under three and a half hours.
Fellow rail passengers show off the multi-ethnic nature of the region with Russian, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Tajik all riding together. The Georgian sparkling water, Russian beer, Uighur lagman noodles and Kazakh chocolate for sale further drive this point home. It’s possible to travel to Uzbekistan by train from Europe and China via Russia and Kazakhstan, and connections to neighboring Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are being updated as relations improve.

For most visitors to Uzbekistan, the capital Tashkent will be the first stop as it’s the terminus of most of the international train routes, and home to the country’s major airport. Once the fourth largest city in the Soviet Union and still the most populous in Central Asia with 2.5 million residents, Tashkent has wide, tree-lined boulevards and parks, imposing Soviet-era buildings and an increasing number of shopping centres and glass-fronted skyscrapers. It's worth planning a few days here to properly explore.

The contrasting architecture of the city’s various neighbourhoods clearly highlights its history. The narrow alleys and high walls of the traditional and ever-shrinking old town; the ornate Imperial Russian buildings that followed the 1865 conquest of the city; the Soviet love of concrete, as typified by the monstrous Hotel Uzbekistan; and the post-independence demonstration of Uzbekistan’s wealth from cotton, gas and gold, with new construction everywhere across the city.
Yet Tashkent’s standout tourist attraction is underground. The metro, opened in 1977, is a stunning example of the Soviet provision of art for the people; each station offers something different and the mosque-like design of the Alisher Navoiy station, with ornate tile work and arched ceiling, is a standout attraction. Photography has been allowed only since 2018, when the restrictions were lifted on photographing military installations – the metro formally doubles as the city’s nuclear bomb shelter – and with a single journey costing less than 15p, a few hours riding the rails amid the 200,000 daily commuters as they pass Yuri Gagarin murals and walk under vast chandeliers is a cheap city experience to remember.

From Tashkent it takes about two hours to reach Samarkand by bullet train. Deep blue lakes and vivid green fields pass in a blur as the train whizzes south past the small beige villages, large expanses of farmland and scrubland towards the country’s second city and its most famous attraction – the Registan, the restored historic centre of what was once one of Asia’s most important cities.

The city’s large train station to the north of the city is an easy taxi or bus ride away from the sights. For visitors maintaining the slow travel ethos, the newly opened tram line 2 is a 15-minute ride to the Siyob market terminus, from where it’s only a short walk to the heart of the hotels, restaurants and attractions of the old town.




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