Tonight we are taking a journey on the night train operated by the Tajik railways from Dushanbe to Samarkand and onwards to Tashkent. Come along for a intresting journey where i had to deal with corrupt border guards and long inspections on this classic soviet style overnight train in the cheapest possible travel class Platzkart (3rd class) Make sure to watch this video before you take this train!

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Train type: 2TE10 Tajik Railways
Route: Dushanbe - Samarkand - Tashkent
Train: 301
Distance: 558km
Journey time: 12h56m
Average speed: 43km/h
Price: 280 TJK ~ 23 euro