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Islamabad to Tando Allahyar Bus Ticket Price, Online Booking, Timing

The Islamabad to Tando Allahyar ticket price runs from about Rs 3,150 to Rs 4,800, and Hyderabad is the change point almost everyone uses. The journey covers around 1,480 km and takes seventeen hours including the last leg.

Ticket price from
Rs 3,150Standard seated
Better classes
Rs 4,800Business class
Distance
1,480 kmVia Hyderabad
Journey time
17hIncluding the change
Direct service
LimitedHyderabad is the hub

Short answer: plan on Rs 3,150 to Rs 4,800. Tando Allahyar is around forty minutes from Hyderabad, and the practical trip is a coach to Hyderabad followed by a short local run. A handful of direct services exist but they are not something to build a date around.

Fares by leg

Islamabad to Tando Allahyar ticket price by leg

This is one of the clearest cases on the network where the sensible booking is to the bigger city and the last leg is trivial.

Islamabad to Tando Allahyar fares by leg
Bus operator Class Route Journey time Ticket price
Sania Express Leg one, standard seated, air conditioned Rawalpindi to Hyderabad 17h Rs 3,000
Kohistan Express Leg one, luxury, air conditioned Islamabad to Hyderabad 16h 30m Rs 3,500
Local coaches Leg two, standard seated Hyderabad to Tando Allahyar 40m Rs 150 to Rs 250
Faisal Movers Direct where available, business class Islamabad Faizabad to Tando Allahyar 17h Rs 4,800

Fares are indicative published prices and vary with class, season, fuel adjustments and demand. Local leg fares are agreed at the stand rather than published.

Do not pay a premium for a direct ticket here

Forty minutes is the entire second leg, and Hyderabad has more departures than almost anywhere in Sindh. A direct booking at Rs 4,800 buys you the convenience of not changing, which on a seventeen hour journey where the change is short and the connections constant is not worth Rs 1,300. Book the Hyderabad leg well and treat the rest as a taxi ride.

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The real choice

How to get from Islamabad to Tando Allahyar

The decision is which seat to take for the long leg, not how to reach the town.

Cheapest

Sania Express to Hyderabad, then local

The lowest total on the route, air conditioned for the long leg, with a short local run at the end.

About Rs 3,150 total

Best value

Kohistan Express to Hyderabad, then local

A luxury seat for sixteen and a half hours, which is where the money on this trip should go.

About Rs 3,700 total

Simplest, when it runs

Faisal Movers direct

One ticket where a direct service is running, at a premium that is hard to justify given how short the change is.

About Rs 4,800

Our verdict

Kohistan Express to Hyderabad, then a local coach. Spend the money on the sixteen hour leg and nothing on the forty minute one. This is the pattern for the whole Hyderabad district belt, and paying Rs 1,300 extra to avoid one short change is the wrong trade.

Schedule

Islamabad to Tando Allahyar timings

The Hyderabad corridor runs around the clock, which makes the timing question easy.

Afternoon

12:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Reaching Hyderabad early the following morning, with the whole day ahead.

Evening

5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

The busiest band, arriving mid morning.

Local leg

Through the day

Tando Allahyar services from Hyderabad run constantly and thin out after dark.

Busy periods

Eid and mango season

Eid fills the corridor, and this is a major mango district with heavy seasonal trade traffic.

Where to board

Terminals and the change point

Hyderabad is one of the best connected terminals in the country.

Pirwadhai and Faizabad

Sania Express and Shalimar Express
Pirwadhai in Rawalpindi.
Kohistan Express and Faisal Movers
Board around Faizabad, on the metro line.
Worth knowing
Book the Hyderabad leg online and pay the local one in cash.

Hyderabad and Tando Allahyar

Hyderabad
The change point, with constant onward services east.
Tando Allahyar
The main town stand, close to the centre.
Onward connections
Mirpur Khas, Tando Adam, Matiari, Shahdadpur and Hyderabad all run from here.
The road

The road to Tando Allahyar

The full Karachi corridor to Hyderabad, then a short run east.

  • Islamabad and Rawalpindi Departures from Pirwadhai and Faizabad, afternoon and evening.
  • M-2, M-4 and M-5 through Punjab The first nine or ten hours on motorway.
  • Sukkur, Khairpur and Nawabshah The central Sindh stretch on the N-5.
  • Hyderabad The change point, reached in the morning.
  • Tando Allahyar Forty minutes east on local transport.

The long leg is Islamabad to Hyderabad, which is the booking to make.

Common questions

Islamabad to Tando Allahyar bus FAQs

Is there a direct bus from Islamabad to Tando Allahyar?

A few run, but not dependably. The standard trip is a coach to Hyderabad followed by a forty minute local run east.

What does the whole journey cost?

About Rs 3,150 in total on Sania Express plus a local coach, or around Rs 3,700 with a Kohistan Express luxury seat for the long leg.

How long does it take?

About seventeen hours including the change. Leg one is sixteen and a half to seventeen hours to Hyderabad, and the local leg is forty minutes.

Is a direct ticket worth the extra?

Rarely. Rs 1,300 above the two-leg total buys you avoiding one short change on a route where Hyderabad connections are constant.

When is the route busiest?

Around Eid, and during the mango season, since this is a major mango district with heavy seasonal trade traffic.

Can I continue to Mirpur Khas or Tando Adam?

Yes. Mirpur Khas, Tando Adam, Matiari, Shahdadpur and Hyderabad all run from the Tando Allahyar stand through the day.

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