TASHKENT METRO TICKETS & FARES
How much it costs to ride the Tashkent Metro, the ATTO travel card and every way to pay.
Paying for the Tashkent Metro
The Tashkent Metro is now an almost entirely cashless, tap-and-ride system. The old plastic tokens were withdrawn in 2020, and since 2025 the cash fare has been kept deliberately higher than the electronic fare to encourage paying by card. There is one flat fare for any journey — it costs the same however far you travel and however many times you change line on a single entry.
The single fare
Two prices for the same ride — the electronic fare is far cheaper than paying cash.
| How you pay | What it is | Single fare |
|---|---|---|
| Card, phone or app | Tap an ATTO transport card, a contactless bank card or your phone, or pay by QR in an app | 1 700 soʻm |
| Cash (paper QR ticket) | A single-use paper QR ticket bought for cash at a station self-service kiosk | 3 000 soʻm |
The Tashkent Metro charges one flat fare for any journey — there are no distance bands, and the price is the same however far you travel. Paying with a card, phone or app is much cheaper than the cash paper ticket. Plastic tokens were withdrawn in 2020. Fares are set by the operator and may be revised.
The ATTO travel card
ATTO is Uzbekistan’s unified transport card. The same card works on the metro and on city buses, in Tashkent and around twenty other cities.
A contactless plastic card you tap at the turnstile. It is also valid on every Tashkent city bus.
A blue card for everyone, plus green (pupils), yellow (students) and red (pensioners) cards with around 50% off.
Buy a blue ATTO card at a metro ticket office, a bus ticket point or a post office. A virtual card also lives in the ATTO mobile app.
How to top up your card
You can add balance to an ATTO card in several ways:
Top up the card straight from the official ATTO mobile app, paying with a linked bank card.
Add balance through Payme, Click, Uzum, Apelsin or other Uzbek payment apps.
Use a self-service kiosk inside the metro, a ticket office, or a post office.
How to check your balance
You can see your ATTO card balance in the official ATTO app, at a self-service kiosk inside a metro station, at a ticket office or post office, and inside the payment apps used to top it up. The turnstile validator also shows a confirmation when you tap.
Tap a bank card, phone or QR code
You do not even need an ATTO card. Every turnstile has a contactless validator:
Tap a contactless Visa, Mastercard, Uzcard or Humo card directly on the turnstile and pay the cheaper electronic fare.
Tap a phone with a card in its wallet, or pay by QR code through an Uzbek payment app.
Selected stations also offer biometric entry — facial recognition and palm payment linked to a registered account.
Passes and discounts
The ATTO card can also hold period passes — daily, monthly and annual plans — set in the app or at a ticket office; these are not available on cash tickets. School pupils, university students and pensioners travel at roughly half price with the matching ATTO card, which requires proof of eligibility. Pass prices are set by the operator and change from time to time, so check the current rates on the ATTO app before buying.
The easiest way for visitors
Official apps and links
To buy and top up a card, check your balance and see live updates, use the official apps and websites below — each opens in a new tab.