Kyiv to Tbilisi by train
Travel from Kyiv (Ukraine) to Tbilisi (Georgia) by train (1466km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
To travel by train from Kyiv in Ukraine to Tbilisi in Georgia, the main route leads via Azerbaijan or via Moldavia, Romania and Turkey. An nice option is the ferry via the Black Sea. Please read the following information and blog posts.
There are three different travel routes. Have a look on them and decide which one fits best for you.
- 1Kyiv (Ukraine) - Kharkiv (Ukraine) - Baku (Azerbaijan) - Tbilisi (Georgia)
- 2Kyiv (Ukraine) - Chisinau (Moldova) - Bucharest (Romania) - Istanbul (Turkey) - Kars (Turkey) - Batumi (Georgia) - Tbilisi (Georgia)
- 3Kyiv (Ukraine) - Odesa (Ukraine) - Chornomorsk (Ukraine) - Batumi (Georgia) - Tbilisi (Georgia)
1466 km
How to use the following information: we show you the best routes and where to buy tickets. On longer routes you may need more than one ticket. Book your tickets step by step as explained. If you have questions about the route from Kyiv to Tbilisi, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
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train connections : popular connections travelled by other users
Tbilisi - Kyiv / Kyiv - Batumi / Kyiv - Poti / Chornomorsk - Tbilisi / Chornomorsk - Batumi / Dnipro - Tbilisi / Kharkiv - Tbilisi / Lviv - Tbilisi / Lviv - Batumi / Odesa - Tbilisi1 Kyiv (Ukraine) - Kharkiv (Ukraine) - Baku (Azerbaijan) - Tbilisi (Georgia)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
1a Travelling from Kyiv (Ukraine) to Kharkiv (Ukraine)
To travel in Ukraine, you can easily buy train tickets for most long-distance trains online. Many tickets are available as e-tickets however some tickets have to be collected from a ticket office at a railway station. You can of course also buy all tickets locally at a station.
Most long-distance trains are overnight trains with different types of accommodation. On some routes between major cities there are also long-distance train which run during the day with seats only.
Where to buy a ticket from Kyiv to Kharkiv?
Check times&prices 
The following links could be interesting for you.
train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
поїзд (UZ)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
D 67 Kyiv - Warsaw / D 771/800 Kyiv - Bratislava / D 771/442 Kyiv - Prague / IC 81/33 Kyiv - Budapest / 117/381 Kyiv - Bucharest
train company:
UZ Укрзалізниця
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Kharkiv - Kyiv / Kyiv - Lviv / Kyiv - Dnipro / Kyiv - Odesa / Kyiv - Donetsk / Lviv - Odesa / Lviv - Kharkiv
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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1b Travelling from Kharkiv (Ukraine) to Baku (Azerbaijan)
Travel from Ukraine to Azerbaijan by direct train. There are two direct train connections per week from Kharkiv and Kiev (Ukraine) to Baku (Azerbaijan). The journey time is 52 hours. Buy train tickets from 90 EUR.
Find the exact train schedules and ticket fares via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Kharkiv to Baku?
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train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Baku - Kharkiv / Kyiv - Baku
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1c Travelling from Baku (Azerbaijan) to Tbilisi (Georgia)
Travel from Azerbaijan to Georgia by direct overnight train.
There is one daily overnight train from Baku (Azerbaijan) to Tbilisi (Georgia). The journey time is 12 hours. The train ticket fares start from 12 EUR.
The departure time in Baku is 20:40. The arrival time in Tbilisi is 09:00.
The overnight train offers the following service classes:
- 3rd class: "platskartny". A simple seat. Tickets from 12 EUR (23 AZN).
- 2nd class: "kupé", 4-berth sleeper compartments. Tickets from 17 EUR (33 AZN).
1st class: "spalny vagon", 2-berth sleeper compartments. Tickets from 28 EUR (57 AZN).
Find the exact train schedules and ticket fares via the given booking links.a).
Where to buy a ticket from Baku to Tbilisi?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
The following links could be interesting for you.
train company:
ADY Azərbaycan Dəmir Yollar / GEORG Sakartwelos Rkinigsa
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Tbilisi - Baku
2 Kyiv (Ukraine) - Chisinau (Moldova) - Bucharest (Romania) - Istanbul (Turkey) - Kars (Turkey) - Batumi (Georgia) - Tbilisi (Georgia)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
2a Travelling from Kyiv (Ukraine) to Chisinau (Moldova)
Travel from Ukraine to Moldova by direct train. There exist train connections from Kiev and Odessa to Chisinau.
From Kiev to Chisinau the journey time is 13 hours. The ticket price starts from 30 EUR in a couchette and from 50 EUR in a sleeper-wagon. There are three train connections daily.
From Odessa to Chisinau the journey time is four hours. The ticket price starts from 8 EUR. This train connection usually runs on weekends.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your tickets via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Kyiv to Chisinau?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
The following links could be interesting for you.
train company:
UZ Укрзалізниця / CFM Calea Ferată din Moldova
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Chisinau - Kyiv / Dnipro - Chisinau / Lviv - Chisinau / Odesa - Chisinau / Donetsk - Chisinau
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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2b Travelling from Chisinau (Moldova) to Bucharest (Romania)
Travel from Moldova to Romania by overnight train on the route from Chisinau to Bucharest. The journey time is 13 hours. The train ticket price starts from 25 EUR. The train route runs via Ungheni (Moldova) and Iași (Romania).
The overnight train Chisinau to Bucharest offers the following service categories:
- 2nd class: 4-berth compartments. The ticket price 135 RON (28 EUR).
- 1st class: 2-berth compartments. The ticket price 290 RON (60 EUR).
The departure time in Chisinau is 17:00. The arrival time in Bucharest is 06:00.
Additionally there are local trains from Ungheni (Moldova) across the border to Iași (Romania). Regular train connections are available from Chisinau to to Ungheni.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Chisinau to Bucharest?
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night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
105/401 Chisinau - Bucharest
train company:
CFR Căile Ferate Române / CFM Calea Ferată din Moldova
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Bucharest - Chisinau
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2c Travelling from Bucharest (Romania) to Istanbul (Turkey)
Travel from Bucharest to Istanbul by direct overnight train Bosphorus Express. This daily overnight train has a journey time of 18:30 hours. Train tickets start from 52 EUR.
At off-season (October to May) you have to use connection trains to get to Dimitrovgrad (Bulgaria) where you can enter the overnight train. Travel from Bucharest via Ruse and Gorna Oryahovitsa to Dimitrovgrad (Bulgaria) where the night train departs at 22:40. You have enough time to change trains at each of these railway station.
The direct overnight train Bucharest to Istanbul departs at "Bucharest Gara de Nord" railway station at 11:00. The arrival time in Istanbul Halkali railway station is at 05:20 in the morning. After midnight you have to leave the train at the Turkish border with all your luggage and put your luggage through an X-ray machine.
The ticket price is 38 EUR plus a supplement of 14 EUR for a berth in a 4 person compartment. Buy the ticket at the railway station in Bucharest or on the website of Romania railways CFR. Select "Halkali" as destination.
The arrival station Istanbul Halkali is located 25 kilometres outside of the historic city centre. Get by Marmaray suburban train directly to Istanbul Sirkeci railway station (the former historic railway station) and on to "Söğütlüçeşme", the departure station for the high-speed-trains in direction of Ankara. These suburban trains run every 15 minutes with a ticket fare of less than 2 EUR. The journey time from the Istanbul Halkali station to the historic city centre is 35 minutes.
Where to buy a ticket from Bucharest to Istanbul?
The following links could be interesting for you.
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
Bosfor Bucharest - Istanbul / Bosfor Istanbul - Bucharest
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Istanbul - Bucharest
2d Travelling from Istanbul (Turkey) to Kars (Turkey)
To travel in Turkey by train, buy your ticket via the given booking links or locally at a train station. Via the links you also find schedules and ticket prices.
Turkey offers high-speed trains and long-distance trains which run overnight.
If no train connection is available, travel by one of the many bus connections. Bus tickets are also available via the booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Istanbul to Kars?
The following links could be interesting for you.
train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Optima Express (OPEX) / Standard (TCDD)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
Bosfor Istanbul - Bucharest / D 81032 Istanbul - Sofia
bus: Bus connections that might be helpful.
Istanbul - Athens / Istanbul - Thessaloniki
train company:
TCDD Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları / METU Metro Turizm
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Kars - Istanbul / Istanbul - Ankara / Istanbul - Izmir / Istanbul - Samsun / Istanbul - Edirne / Ankara - Istanbul / Ankara - Izmir / Ankara - Kars / Izmir - Ankara / Izmir - Istanbul
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2e Travelling from Kars (Turkey) to Batumi (Georgia)
Travel from Turkey to Georgia by train. For the border crossing you have to use a bus.
First travel by train to Erzurum or Kars. There is an overnight train available from Ankara with a journey time of 22 hours (Erzurum) or 27:30 hours (Kars). This overnight train called "Doğu Express" is comfortable and it is a very scenic journey. The train ticket fares start from 60 TRY (7 EUR) in a seat and from 80 TRY (9 EUR) in a 4-bed sleeper-wagon.
From Erzurum or Kars take a bus to the border at Sarp. The journey time is 5 hours. The bus ticket fare is about 10 EUR. Cross the border by foot. And continue by bus to Batumi.
Other options by bus are as follows:
the bus line from Trabzon (Turkey) to Batumi (Georgia). At least four connections daily for about EUR 15. From Istanbul (Turkey) to Batumi (Georgia) at least two connections daily for about EUR 25.
Trabzon (Turkey) is not connected to the railway network of Turkey. Therefore the easiest way is to take a bus directly from Istanbul or Ankara (Turkey) to Batumi (Georgia). Buy your bus ticket for Metro Turizm online.
In Batumi (Georgia) change to a train to continue to Tbilisi (Georgia).
Border crossing is currently: you leave the bus with the luggage before the border, cross the border by foot (easy) and after the border the bus picks you up again.
In future there will be a train connection from Turkey to Georgia. But it is still under construction.
Where to buy a ticket from Kars to Batumi?
Buy your ticket at the bus station or at the website of the bus company.
The following links could be interesting for you.
bus: Bus connections that might be helpful.
Batumi - Trabzon / Trabzon - Batumi
train company:
TCDD Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları / METU Metro Turizm
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Batumi - Kars / Trabzon - Batumi / Istanbul - Batumi / Ankara - Batumi / Istanbul - Tbilisi / Ankara - Tbilisi / Izmir - Tbilisi / Adana - Tbilisi
2f Travelling from Batumi (Georgia) to Tbilisi (Georgia)
Travel from Batumi to Tbilisi by direct train of Georgian railways. The journey time is 5:30 hours. The train ticket fare is 35 GEL (12 EUR) in 2nd class and 75 GEL (26 EUR) in 1st class.
The departure time in Batumi is 08:30. The arrival time in Tbilisi is 14:00.
Find the exact train schedule and buy your tickets via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Batumi to Tbilisi?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
The following links could be interesting for you.
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Tbilisi - Batumi
3 Kyiv (Ukraine) - Odesa (Ukraine) - Chornomorsk (Ukraine) - Batumi (Georgia) - Tbilisi (Georgia)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
3a Travelling from Kyiv (Ukraine) to Odesa (Ukraine)
To travel in Ukraine, you can easily buy train tickets for most long-distance trains online. Many tickets are available as e-tickets however some tickets have to be collected from a ticket office at a railway station. You can of course also buy all tickets locally at a station.
Most long-distance trains are overnight trains with different types of accommodation. On some routes between major cities there are also long-distance train which run during the day with seats only.
Where to buy a ticket from Kyiv to Odesa?
The following links could be interesting for you.
train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
поїзд (UZ)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
D 67 Kyiv - Warsaw / D 771/800 Kyiv - Bratislava / D 771/442 Kyiv - Prague / IC 81/33 Kyiv - Budapest / 117/381 Kyiv - Bucharest
train company:
UZ Укрзалізниця
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Odesa - Kyiv / Kyiv - Lviv / Kyiv - Dnipro / Kyiv - Kharkiv / Kyiv - Donetsk / Lviv - Odesa / Lviv - Kharkiv
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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3b Travelling from Odesa (Ukraine) to Chornomorsk (Ukraine)
To get from the railway station of Odessa to the port of Chornomorsk, take a taxi, mini-bus or bus. It is a journey of about 20 kilometres.
Where to buy a ticket from Odesa to Chornomorsk?
Buy your ticket at the bus station or at the website of the bus company.
The following links could be interesting for you.
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Chornomorsk - Odesa
3c Travelling from Chornomorsk (Ukraine) to Batumi (Georgia)
To travel from Ukraine to Georgia, first go by train to Odessa (Ukraine). Take a taxi, mini-bus or bus to the Port of Chornomorsk, 20 kilometres in the south of Odessa. From Chornomorsk continue by ferry via the Black Sea to Batumi. The journey time is about 48 hours. Ticket price starts from USD 110. In Batumi walk to the railway station and continue.
Where to buy a ticket from Chornomorsk to Batumi?
The following links could be interesting for you.
ferry: Ferry connections that might be helpful.
Chornomorsk - Batumi / Batumi - Chornomorsk
train company:
UZ Укрзалізниця / GEORG Sakartwelos Rkinigsa / UKRF СК Укрферрі
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Batumi - Chornomorsk / Kyiv - Tbilisi / Kyiv - Batumi / Chornomorsk - Tbilisi / Dnipro - Tbilisi / Kharkiv - Tbilisi / Lviv - Tbilisi / Lviv - Batumi / Odesa - Tbilisi / Odesa - Tbilisi
3d Travelling from Batumi (Georgia) to Tbilisi (Georgia)
Travel from Batumi to Tbilisi by direct train of Georgian railways. The journey time is 5:30 hours. The train ticket fare is 35 GEL (12 EUR) in 2nd class and 75 GEL (26 EUR) in 1st class.
The departure time in Batumi is 08:30. The arrival time in Tbilisi is 14:00.
Find the exact train schedule and buy your tickets via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Batumi to Tbilisi?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
The following links could be interesting for you.
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Tbilisi - Batumi
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