Uzbekistan travel Information: Get in to Uzbekistan, by air, by train, by road, airlines operating to Uzbekistan.

How to get to region

Get in

Visas are required for everyone except passport holders of most of CIS countries. "Letter of Invitation" (LOI) is no longer required for citizens of Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom, but is still required for most others, for Canadian & US citizens under the simplified visa procedure. LOI can be obtained from travel companies when a hotel booking or travel package is made. Within 3 days of entrance to the country, you need to make registration, an official statement, indicating the address you are staying at. When you enter Uzbekistan you will be asked to declare all the money you are bringing into the country. Also ensure that this declaration is made in 2 copies and to keep one copy of the declaration form with you, duly signed and stamped by the customs official as this will be required at the time of departure as a proof of money that you brought in.

By air

Tashkent is the main international airport of Uzbekistan. The airport has various international carriers operating as well as the national Uzbekistan Airways. The are airports at every provincial center like: Samarkand, Bukhara, Urgench, Ferghana, Karshi, Namangan, Andijan, Nukus, and Termez.

There are flights to Uzbekistan from Almaty, Athens, Beijing, Bangkok, Delhi, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, London, New York, Seoul, Sharjah, Singapore and Tel Aviv.

By train

Train system was esteblished in Uzbekistan at the end of 19th century introduced by Tsarist Russia. It all expanded during the Soviet times and it was the part of Trans Caspian Railway system. Today, a railway modernization project is making Uzbekistan a regional leader in rail transport. With railways the primary mode of transportation, a better railway system boosts internal trade by cutting travel and business costs.

International train schedule from 01.04.2015

№ train	Trains	Time and days of departure from a starting point	Time and days of arrival on a terminal point
5 6	Таshkent-Моscow Моscow-Таshkent	21-15 tue.wed.thur.sat.sun. 23-59 fri.sat.sun.tue.wed	15-20 fri.sat.sun.tue.wed 19-15 mon.tue.wed.fri.sat.
315 316	Таshkent-Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk-Таshkent	03-50 saturday 17-52 monday	16-03 monday 10-10 thursday
321 322	Almata-2-Nukus-Tashkent Nukus-Almata-Tashkent	13-38 sun 14-21 15-01 mon 19-10 tue 15-50 16-35 wed	11-37 tue 18-04 Thursday
334 333	Таshkent-Urgench-Saratov Saratov-Urgench-Tashkent	18-20 tue fri 16-40 mon fri	11-40 mon fri 13-10 mon thur
369	Таshkent-Novosibirsk	14-25 4,8,12,16,20,24,28/04-13 2,6,10,14,18,22/05-13	06-06 3,7,11,15,19,23,27/04-13 1,5,9,13,17,21,25/05-13
370	Novosibirsk-Таshkent	10-44 3,7,11,15,19,23,27/04-13 1,5,9,13,17,21,25/05-13	03-30 1,6,10,14,18,22,26,30/04-13
474 473	Таshkent-Volgograd Volgograd-Таshkent	22-30 mon 19-55 thur	4,8,12,16,20,24,28/05-13
381 382	Таshkent-Ufa Ufa-Tashkent	0-50 sun tue thur 11-30 tue thur sat	07-50 tue thur sat 18-10 mon thur sat
383 384	Таshkent-S.Peterburg S.Peterburg-Таshkent	22-30 sunday 07-34 friday	02-52 friday 08-55 tue
395 396	Таshkent-Kharkov Kharkov-Таshkent	23-10 thursday 12-05 monday	07-10 monday 21-47 thur
366 365	Chelyabinsk-Таshkent Tashkent-Chelyabinsk	06-48 sun 0-50 wed	18-10 tuesday 12-25 friday

By road

Uzbekistan has road connections to all its neighbours. Most of the roads were esteblished during Soviet Period but after the independence of states have been updated. Uzbekistan is a member of Trans Caspian road system and you may notice it by heavy lorries carrying goods from one country to another via uzbekistan. If you are travelling on your own transport, as long as your papers are in order, entering Uzbekistan should be no problem. You will be asked to fill out two identical customs declarations forms, where you will declare your transport and pay depending on engine power. Most of the roads have roadsigns in Latin uzbek alphabet, so travelling is easy for the foreigners.