Train No. 1 and No. 2
evergreen · planted 2022-12 · tended 2025-03
The Chu plain from the window of No. 2, October.No. 1 leaves Talas at 07:40 and arrives in Nurzhan at 14:53. No. 2 leaves Nurzhan at 08:05 and arrives in Talas at 15:24. Seven hours and some minutes, through Semiz, Tegirmen, Kara-Bulak, Kyzyl-Adyr, Ak-Döbö, Eski-Korgon, Aulie-Ata Junction, Uchbulak, the loop, Tash-Tal, Algabas, Lugovoy, Kichi-Talaa, Karasu, Akjol, Tasötkel, Jon-Aryk and Besh-Terek.
Tickets: 18 som in the open carriage (platskart), 31 som in the compartment, cash at the window. Bed linen 3 som. It is slow. It is also the only train in the country where you can sleep, eat a boiled egg and look at the whole Chu plain, and nobody asks you for an app.
See Aulie-Ata Junction and Single track.