by plane
Turkmenistan Airlines [] operates international flights to Abu Dhabi/United Arab Emirates on Fri and Sun, to Almaty/Kazakhstan on Sat, to Amritsar/India on Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun, to Birmingham/United Kingdom on Thu, Fri and Sun, to Delhi/India on Sat and Sun, to Dubai/United Arab Emirates on Tue, to Frankfurt/Germany on Tue, Sat and Sun, to Istanbul/Turkey on Mon, Tue, Wed and Sat, to Kiev/Ukraine on Sat, to London/United Kingdom on Tue and Sat, to Moscow/Russia from Mon to Sat and to Tashkent/Uzbekistan on Tue. International flights are operated by B-737 or B-757 aircraft. 2009
Turkmenistan Airlines [] offers domestic flights toDashogus 6 flights per day, Mary 3 flights per day, Turkmenabat 5 flights per day and Turkmenbashi 3 flights per day. 2009
Aerosovit Ukrainian Airlines [] has two flights per week to Kiev/Ukraine via Baku/Azerbaijan.
There is on flight to Tehran/Iran via Mashad/Iran on Thu, operated by Iranair
Lufthansa operates flight to Frankfurt/Germany on Tue, Fri and Sat via Baku/Azerbaijan.
Turkish Airlines has flights to Istanbul/Turkey on Thu, Sat and Mon morning.
by rail
Turkmendemiryollari Turkmenistan Zeleznice phone 255545, fax 473858 runs trains from Ashgabat to Turkmenbashi and Turkmenabat via Mary.
Train 24 to Turkmenbashi leaves Ashabat every second day at 8.40 pm and arrives at Turkmenbashi at 6.55 am next morning. Train 606 leaves Ashabat daily at 8.10 pm, arriving in Turkmenbashi at 9.15 am next morning.
Trains to Turkmenabat and Mary leave Ashabat at 7.40 daily, arriving at Mary at 5 pm and at Turkmenabat at 11 pm. Train 195 leaves Ashabat daily at 5.20 pm and arrives at Turkmenabat at 7.35 am next morning. Train 21 leaves Ashabat every second day at 10.10 pm, ans arrives at Mary at 5.25 and at Turkmenabat at 9.40 next morning.