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Azerbaijan Railways will increase the number of daily train services on the Baku-Tbilisi route to four from Nov. 3. Daytime services will be added to the schedule in response to rising passenger demand, and ticket prices will be reduced. The changes will increase passenger capacity by about 46%, from 386 to 564 seats, AnewZ reported.
Standard-class tickets on the new services will start at 36 manats (about $21). A one-way ticket to Tbilisi will cost 54 manats (about $32) from Baku, 44 manats (about $26) from Yevlakh, 41 manats (about $24) from Ganja, 38 manats (about $22) from Aghstafa and 36 manats (about $21) from Boyuk Kasik.
For comparison, the current minimum fare for a Baku-Tbilisi trip in the Comfort class on a Stadler train is 77.5 manats (about $46), while a ticket from Ganja costs 56.8 manats (about $33).
New Baku-Tbilisi train schedule
The overnight train from Baku to Tbilisi will depart at 11:10 p.m. and arrive at 8:41 a.m. the next day. The daytime service will leave at 9:10 a.m. and reach Tbilisi at 7:11 p.m.
The daytime train from Tbilisi to Baku will depart at 11 a.m. and arrive at 8:26 p.m. The overnight service will leave at 10 p.m. and arrive in Baku at 7:57 a.m. the next day.
Azerbaijan Railways said preparations had been made to increase the services and that technical and organizational issues between the parties had been resolved.
Baku-Tbilisi passenger trains resumed after six-year break
Passenger trains between Baku and Tbilisi resumed on May 26, 2026, after a six-year break linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and the closure of Azerbaijan’s land borders. The first train arrived in Tbilisi from Baku that morning, restoring direct passenger rail service between the Azerbaijani and Georgian capitals.
Despite the resumption of rail service, restrictions on crossing Azerbaijan’s land borders remain in force. The country closed its land borders to regular passenger traffic in March 2020 under a special quarantine regime introduced to combat COVID-19.
As of September 2026, the borders remained closed to ordinary passengers, and no reopening date had been announced. Different rules apply to freight transport and permitted crossings.
Air travel between Baku and Tbilisi remains an alternative. Azerbaijan Airlines operates direct flights between the two cities, with the journey taking about one hour and 10 minutes.
