Getting there & around
Karaganda has daily flights to/from Almaty (19, 000T), plus flights to Moscow four times weekly, and weekly flights to Frankfurt and Hanover by Air Astana.
The train station (43 36 36) has services to Almaty (4100T, nine to 17 hours) at least seven times daily; Astana (1500T, four hours) at least nine times; and to Pavlodar, Kokshetau, Petropavlovsk, Taraz and Shymkent at least daily. The Talgo Astana–Almaty fast train stops here but tickets don’t go on sale until two hours before departure.
Destinations served from the bus station (43 18 18) include Astana (630T, 4½ hours, hourly, 7am to 7pm), Pavlodar (1600T, eight hours, six daily), Almaty (2800T, 20 hours, one daily) and Semey, Shymkent and Ust-Kamenogorsk (all daily). Minivans (1000T) and shared taxis (1500T) outside the bus station will whisk you to Astana in 2½ hours.
Trolleybus 1 and bus 26 run north along Bukhar Zhirau from the stations.
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