Azerbaijan Railways Adds Daytime Baku to Tbilisi Train: Four Services a Day from 1 November
From 1 November 2026 Azerbaijan Railways will run four trains a day between Baku and Tbilisi instead of two. Ticket sales for the new service opened on 2 October.
Was: two trains a day, 386 seats. Now: four trains a day from 1 November 2026, with a new train leaving Baku at 09:10 and 564 seats in total.
Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) will run four trains a day between Baku and Tbilisi from 1 November 2026 instead of the current two. The company announced a new daytime service in addition to the overnight train. The number of seats will grow from 386 to 564, almost 50% more.
New timetable
As ADY reports, the new train leaves Baku at 09:10 and reaches Tbilisi the same evening. The overnight train keeps its current times. The details were also published by Report.az.
| Train | Departure | Arrival |
|---|---|---|
| New, Baku to Tbilisi | 09:10 | 19:11 |
| New, Tbilisi to Baku | 22:00 | 07:57 (next day) |
| Overnight, Baku to Tbilisi | 23:00 | 08:41 (next day) |
| Overnight, Tbilisi to Baku | 11:00 | 20:26 |
Tickets and booking
According to ADY, tickets for the new service went on sale on 2 October 2026. Standard class fares start at 36 AZN from the Boyuk Kasik station to Tbilisi. Comfort class costs 77.50 AZN from Baku.
Booking requires identity checks. Azerbaijani citizens confirm their identity through MyGov ID, and foreign travelers verify a phone number with a one-time password. A train that crosses the border means border control, so check the visa-free regime in Georgia before you buy. For onward travel from Tbilisi, see how trains, minibuses and buses connect Georgian cities.
The timetable is announced by ADY and takes effect on 1 November 2026. Until then the current schedule of two trains a day stays in place.