There are 9 ways to get from Groningen to Samarkand by train, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
best- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane AMS - SKD
13h 44m$349–713Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Groningen central station to Bremen Fernbusterminalbus
- Take the bus from Bremen to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Salaryevo Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhskybus
- Take the train from Volzhsky to Samarkandtrain
4d 10h$284–642Bus, train via Braunschweig
- Take the bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Leerbus
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Braunschweig to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Salaryevo Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhskybus
- Take the train from Volzhsky to Samarkandtrain
4d 8h$365–771Bus, train to Bremen Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Leerbus
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane BRE - SKD
15h 30m$499–1,877Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Groningen to Zwolletrain
- Take the train from Zwolle to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane DUS - SKD
15h$370–1,137Bus, train, train to Hamburg Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Leerbus
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane HAM - SKD
16h 27m$378–1,126Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Groningen to Zwolletrain
- Take the train from Zwolle to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane CGN - SKD
16h 24m$376–1,146Bus, train via Kalininskiy
- Take the bus from Groningen central station to Bremen Fernbusterminalbus
- Take the bus from Bremen to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus stationbus
- Take the train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaiatrain
- Take the train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkandtrain
5d 1h$360–907Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Leerbus
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Bremen to Gomel Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Gomel Bus Station to Rostov-on-Don bus stationbus
- Take the train from Rostov Gl to Volgograd 1train
- Take the train from Volgograd-1 to Samarkandtrain
5d 3h$361–1,101
Groningen to Samarkand by bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Groningen to Samarkand is to bus and train which costs $280 - $650 and takes 4 days 10h.
The fastest way to get from Groningen to Samarkand is to train and fly which takes 13h 44m and costs $340 - $750.
The distance between Groningen and Samarkand is 5066 km.
The best way to get from Groningen to Samarkand without a car is to bus and train via Braunschweig which takes 4 days 8h and costs $360 - $800.
It takes approximately 13h 44m to get from Groningen to Samarkand, including transfers.
Samarkand is 3h ahead of Groningen. It is currently 7:14 AM in Groningen and 10:14 AM in Samarkand.
There are 742+ hotels available in Samarkand.
What companies run services between Groningen, Netherlands and Samarkand, Uzbekistan?
There is no direct connection from Groningen to Samarkand. However, you can take the train to Schiphol Airport Train Station, walk to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport (SKD), then take the taxi to Samarkand. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Samarkand via Leer, Leer(Ostfriesl), Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof, Braunschweig, Minsk Central Bus Station, Salaryevo Bus Station, Volzhsky, and Volzhsky in around 4d 8h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Bremen Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Groningen to Zwolle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–30
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Zwolle to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–22
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $53–59
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $53–59
Train from Groningen to Zwolle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–29
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $26–29
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +992 (37) 227 21 77
- info@railway.tj
- Website
- railway.tj
Train from Volzhsky to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Schedules at
- railway.tj
- Book at
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Schedules at
- railway.tj
- Book at
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Volgograd-1 to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Schedules at
- railway.tj
- Book at
- eng.rzd.ru
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Volzhsky to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $34–54
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Sleeper
- $34–37
- Coupe
- $50–54
- SV
- $95–105
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–80
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $270–390
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $65–90
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $90–130
Train from Rostov Gl to Volgograd 1
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $120–170
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $23–35
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $35–55
- Phone
- 8 800 775 54 53
- Website
- grandtrain.ru
Train from Rostov Gl to Volgograd 1
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- https://grandtrain.ru/
- Schedules at
- https://grandtrain.ru/raspisanie/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $18–20
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $21–25
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Leer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Leer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Leer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Groningen central station to Bremen Fernbusterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Braunschweig to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–370
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Bremen to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–450
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $35–190
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Bremen to Gomel Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–550
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Gomel Bus Station to Rostov-on-Don bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–300
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- intercars@intercars.ru
- Website
- intercars-tickets.com
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Salaryevo Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
Bus from Gomel Bus Station to Rostov-on-Don bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–120
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhsky
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Groningen central station to Bremen Fernbusterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–28
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Website
- infobus.by
Bus from Gomel Bus Station to Rostov-on-Don bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
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