Travel to Yerevan

M the journey takes twelve hours, estimated arrival time in Yerevan is 7:18AM, however delays are common. Border formalities will be at 11PM, expect it to take some time. The wagons are the standard Soviet era hold-overs but the they're fairly comfortable. Bring your own food and water as there is no restaurant car on board. Fares starts at 49 laris for second class.

Overnight trains in the winter depart at 20:20 or 22:00, you should check at the station which time is valid for any day. The journey takes approximately 11 hours. The cheapest seating place in "obschij vagon" is 22 lari, but you may find yourself being seated among hundreds of boxes of mandarins and other fruits, since this is one of the ways of moving goods to Armenia.

Notice that during the summer months this train runs from Batumi instead, arriving at 9:40PM in Tbilisi. It takes around 10 hours from there, border formalities are uncomfortably around 2 am. Visas can be bought at the border for 3000AMD or $10. Snacks/water "gifts" will be provided on the train.

Car

Options include arriving into Armenia via Georgia or Iran. A drive to Yerevan from Armenia-Iran border will take approximately 6 hours, and is a great way to explore Southern Armenia, cities like Meghri, Kapan, Goris, Sisian, etc.

Arriving from Georgia will allow you to drive trough Northern Armenia and driving to Yerevan will take 4-5 hours.

Highways are high standard, although sometimes can be narrow (1 line to each direction) due to mountainous terrain.

Bus

You can reach Yerevan by bus from Tbilisi, fare costs 15 lari ($10US) and takes about 12 hours. More expensive is to take a 30 lari ($20 US) marshutka/minibus but it’s much faster at about 5 hours. Sometimes you can take a shared car from Tbilisi as well. Again, a bit more expensive than minibus, but faster