Trains from Tashkent leave twice a week and make the 19 hour journey across the desert to Urgench, with one major stop along the way in Samarkand. Trains leave Tashkent on Mon, Wed and Sun at 6.15pm and arrive in [Urgench] at 1.45pm next day. Depending on the class, you can get a 2-bunk coupy for 41000 sum, a 4-bunk shared coupy for 25000 sum, or you can rough it in plaskartnyy (hard-class) for the bargain price of 16000 sum. The price for a place in a sleeping car is 50.000 UZS one way (2008). Taxis from [Urgench] Railway Station to Khiva are about 7000 UZS one way. For the Trolley Bus see below.
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