How do I buy train tickets in Uzbekistan as a foreigner?
Short answer
Buy on Uzbekistan Railways' official site, eticket.railway.uz, or its app. Foreign cards work. Accepted: Foreign Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, MIR, JCB, American Express and UnionPay cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and local Uzcard and Humo cards. Sales open 60 days before departure, at 10:00 local time, and popular trains sell out, so book early.
- Train ticket sales open
- 60 days before departure, at 10:00 local time
All confirmed by an official source.
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Cards accepted online
Foreign Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, MIR, JCB, American Express and UnionPay cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and local Uzcard and Humo cards
Train ticket sales open
60 days before departure, at 10:00 local time
Older guides say 45 days. The railway can change the opening date for a train.
Where to buy
- Online: Uzbekistan Railways’ site, eticket.railway.uz (it now opens as eticket.uzrailpass.uz), in English, Russian and Uzbek, or its app, “UzRailways Tickets”, on the App Store and Google Play.
- At a station ticket office, with your passport.
Paying with a foreign card
When you choose a foreign card, the site sends you to its partner’s payment page. The seller: Trainhub.io, a UK company that sells the ticket under an agreement with the railway and charges in British pounds (GBP). Your bank converts the price, and your statement shows a payment to Trainhub.io. Your bank may ask you to confirm the payment.
If your card is refused, try another card, or buy at a station ticket office.
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Cards accepted online
Foreign Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, MIR, JCB, American Express and UnionPay cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and local Uzcard and Humo cards
Who charges a foreign card
Trainhub.io, a UK company that sells the ticket under an agreement with the railway and charges in British pounds (GBP)
Passport details
You enter each passenger’s name and passport number. Choose the document type for a foreign passport. On board: The passport whose details are on the ticket.
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What to show with your e-ticket
The passport whose details are on the ticket
When to book
Sales open 60 days before departure, at 10:00 local time. Afrosiyob trains between Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara sell out first: when we checked on 9 November 2026, most Tashkent–Bukhara trains four days later were already full.
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Train ticket sales open
60 days before departure, at 10:00 local time
Older guides say 45 days. The railway can change the opening date for a train.
Refunds
- Online: Up to 1 hour before the train leaves its first station, in your account on the site or app.
- Later than that, only at the ticket office of the departure station.
- If you paid with a foreign card, the refund goes back to that card in British pounds.
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Online refunds
Up to 1 hour before the train leaves its first station, in your account on the site or app
Help
1005 (call centre); +998 99 190 50 05 or Telegram t.me/chiptarailwayuz, weekdays 09:00–18:00.
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Help with tickets
1005 (call centre); +998 99 190 50 05 or Telegram t.me/chiptarailwayuz, weekdays 09:00–18:00
What we could not verify
- How often foreign cards are refused. The official rules accept them, but travellers report failures.
- How much is kept when you return a ticket.
This is an independent guide, not a government website. Rules change often. Before you travel, check the official source linked next to each fact.
