--- title: "Marghzar Faruj to Ashgabat | Mixroutes" description: How to get from Marghzar Faruj to Ashgabat by train, bus, plane and car. Real timetables, honest prices. url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/marghzar-faruj-to-ashgabat" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/marghzar-faruj-to-ashgabat.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Marghzar Faruj to Ashgabat [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Marghzar+Faruj&to=Ashgabat) [Ashgabat to Marghzar Faruj](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ashgabat-to-marghzar-faruj) **Quickest listed:** 2h 30m\ by car, door to door; trains not read\ **Lowest listed:** $13\ by car; trains not read\ **Distance:** 82 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** –\ timetables not read\ ## 2 ways to travel 82 km apart. Times are the timetables for Fri 6 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. Trains and buses couldn't be loaded when this page was made, so this is not the full list and none of it is called best, fastest or cheapest. [The planner](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Marghzar+Faruj&to=Ashgabat) reads the timetables again for your day. - [**Drive** 2h 30m$13–17 Estimated 158 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Marghzar+Faruj&to=Ashgabat) - [**Taxi** 2h 30m$255–350 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Marghzar+Faruj&to=Ashgabat) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Iran; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Visa likely needed for Turkmenistan** · Iran passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/turkmenistan/entry-requirements) - **Avoid travel to Iran** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iran) [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.irn.html) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. Visa rules: [Passport Index data](https://github.com/imorte/passport-index-data) (MIT, 17 Feb 2026); always check the official entry rules. ## Departures today No train or bus is listed because the timetables couldn't be loaded when this page was made, not because none runs. [See today's departures in the planner](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Marghzar+Faruj&to=Ashgabat). ## Questions people ask How far is Ashgabat from Marghzar Faruj by road? About 158 km, roughly 2h 30m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $13–17; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Ashgabat Capital and largest city of Turkmenistan Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Köpetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 mi) away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city has a population of 1,030,063. [The Ashgabat guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/ashgabat) Worth your time - National Museum Hall 1 is dedicated to post-independence Turkmenistan, Hall 2 (upstairs) has a focus on ancient history with exhibits from Bronze Age sites and artefacts from Margiana. - Museum of Fine Arts The Central Hall has a large picture of President Niyazov Abundance of the Harvest. - Turkmen Carpet Museum The museum houses antique carpets of the 18th and 19th centuries and modern carpets from all parts of the country. - Museum of Turkmen National Values In the first floor, the museum houses displays of silver jewellery for women and horses, and replicas of the golden bull- and wolf-head sculptures from Altyn Depe. From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) [Hotels in Ashgabat Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com/ashgabat) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/marghzar-faruj-to-ashgabat, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt