Good day!
Maybe someone knows what the best, fastest way to go from Tashkent to Dushanbe by bus, minibus, shared taxi?
I am planning, hopefully to arrive to Tashkent Airport on a Sunday in July, (evening about 9 pm).
I would like to start the trip right away, if possible, to
reach Dushanbe the next day (Monday) not too late.
What is the most "straight" way from north to south?
Also which borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are open to foreign citizens.
Thank you for answer!
Sarah
I'm not sure if there’s a direct bus — I don't think there is — but you can get from the airport to Kuylyuk Bazaar (there, under the bridge, taxi drivers will take you to the Oybek border for 80,000 Uzbek soms), and from there it's about 350 Tajik somoni by taxi to Dushanbe, if I’m not mistaken. Alternatively, you could negotiate a ride straight from the airport to the Oybek border, especially since it’ll be getting quite late in the evening.
From Tashkent Airport to Kuylyuk, bus number 12 runs that route. Once you exit the airport, there’s a stop right outside. The fare with a transport card is 1,700 UZS.
There’s also a scheduled bus from Tashkent to Oybek — bus number 251 — which departs from near the Food City market (ticket price is 20,000 UZS), but I can’t say for sure what time the last one leaves. It goes all the way to the border, and from there you just need to walk a short distance to the checkpoint. On the Tajik side, you can catch a shared taxi directly to Dushanbe.
Another option is to take the Tashkent–Khujand bus from the Tashkent bus terminal (the fare is around 100 somoni). It usually departs at 4:00 PM, unless the schedule has changed. And from Khujand, it’s not hard to get to Dushanbe.