There are 5 ways to get from Shimla to Samarkand by bus, plane, or train
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Bus to Chandigarh International Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
best- Take the bus from Shimla Isbt Tutikandi to Zirakpurbus
- Fly from Chandigarh International Airport (IXC) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane IXC - SKD
14h 56m$196–477Bus to Chandigarh International Airport, fly to Tashkent International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Shimla Isbt Tutikandi to Zirakpurbus
- Fly from Chandigarh International Airport (IXC) to Tashkent International Airport (TAS)plane IXC - TAS
- Take the train from Tashkent Central to Samarkandtrain
13h 27m$137–352Bus, train to Indira Gandhi International Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
- Take the bus from Shimla Isbt Tutikandi to Zirakpurbus
- Take the train from Chandigarh to New Delhitrain
- Fly from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane DEL - SKD
14h 47m$278–779Bus, train to Indira Gandhi International Airport, fly to Tashkent International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Shimla Isbt Tutikandi to Zirakpurbus
- Take the train from Chandigarh to New Delhitrain
- Fly from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) to Tashkent International Airport (TAS)plane DEL - TAS
- Take the train from Tashkent Central to Samarkandtrain
16h 13m$179–864Bus, train to Dehradun Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
- Take the bus from Shimla Isbt Tutikandi to Zirakpurbus
- Take the train from Chandigarh to Virbhadratrain
- Fly from Dehradun Airport (DED) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane DED - SKD
21h 39m$206–499
Chandigarh International Airport (IXC) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shimla to Samarkand is to bus and fly and train which costs $130 - $360 and takes 13h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Shimla to Samarkand is to bus and fly and train which takes 13h 27m and costs $130 - $360.
The distance between Shimla and Samarkand is 1476 km.
It takes approximately 14h 56m to get from Shimla to Samarkand, including transfers.
Samarkand is 30 min behind Shimla. It is currently 8:29 PM in Shimla and 7:59 PM in Samarkand.
There are 680+ hotels available in Samarkand.
What companies run services between Shimla, India and Samarkand, Uzbekistan?
There is no direct connection from Shimla to Samarkand. However, you can take the bus to Zirakpur, take the line 34 bus to Hallo Majra, walk to H/Majra, take the line 17 bus to Behlana, walk to Chandigarh International Airport (IXC) airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport (SKD), then take the taxi to Samarkand. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Zirakpur, take the line 26 bus to Railway Station, walk to Chandigarh, take the train to New Delhi, walk to New Delhi, take the subway to IGI Airport, walk to Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport (SKD), then take the taxi to Samarkand.
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Chandigarh International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Indira Gandhi International Airport, Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–700
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–500
Flights from Chandigarh International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Indira Gandhi International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–450
Flights from Chandigarh International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $250–750
Flights from Chandigarh International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Lucknow, Indira Gandhi International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–440
Flights from Dehradun Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Indira Gandhi International Airport, Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Dehradun Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Lucknow, Indira Gandhi International Airport, Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Chandigarh International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Chandigarh International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Chandigarh International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Indira Gandhi International Airport, Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $190–460
Flights from Chandigarh International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Indira Gandhi International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–300
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–270
Flights from Dehradun Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Indira Gandhi International Airport, Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $190–460
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Chandigarh International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Indira Gandhi International Airport, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Dehradun Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Indira Gandhi International Airport, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- flyr.com
Flights from Chandigarh International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Indira Gandhi International Airport, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–330
- Phone
- 14646
- care@irctc.co.in
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Chandigarh to New Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–17
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- $2–3
- Third AC (3A)
- $5–7
- Second AC (2A)
- $7–10
- First Class (1A)
- $13–17
Train from Chandigarh to Virbhadra
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–16
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- $2–3
- Third AC (3A)
- $5–7
- Second AC (2A)
- $7–10
- First Class (1A)
- $12–16
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Tashkent Central to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–34
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Business class
- $31–34
- Econom class
- $23
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Tashkent Central to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Sleeper
- $11–13
- Coupe
- $15–17
- SV
- $26–29
- Phone
- 1800 180 8185
- hrtchq@gmail.com
- Website
- online.hrtchp.com
Bus from Shimla Isbt Tutikandi to Zirakpur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- https://online.hrtchp.com/oprs-web/guest/home.do?h=1
- Ordinary
- $2–5
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