Mongolian Railway

One of the main transportation to enter Mongolian border is a train in Trans - Mongolian Route, which is same road with Trans Siberian route in the Russian territory and head for Mongolia from Irkutsk, Ulan - Ude, crossing the border and come in Ulaanbaatar. For many tourists that are coming in Mongolia, train is the only practical and cost effective method of travelling within a country that spans eleven time zones and two continents, for foreign travellers it is a unique way to view the grandeur of Russia, Mongolia and China and experience real Russia, Siberia, inner Mongolia. The Mongolian Railway company Mongolyn Tumur Zam carries 80% of all freight and 30% of all passenger transport within Mongolia.

TOP STATIONS

In Trans Mongolian trains, there are three main station; Ulaanbaatar Train Station, Beijing Main Station and Yaroslovsky Train Station and other 24 mainly train stations.

Ulaanbaatar Station is located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Trans Mongolian train

TOP STATIONS In Trans Mongolian trains, there are three main station; Ulaanbaatar Train Station, Beijing Main Station and Yaroslovsky Train Station and other 24 mainly train stations. Ulaanbaatar Station is located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The station is the centre of regional and international traffic in Mongolia. The Trans-Mongolian Railway passes through the station. It is the largest station in Mongolia. Beijing Railway Station is one of Beijing's railway stations, opened in the 1950s, as can be seen from its architecture (which merges traditional architecture with 50s-design). It is located in the city's central location, just next to Jianguomen, and is within the confines of the city's 2nd Ring Road. Trains enter and leave to the scenery of a former Beijing city gate at Dongbianmen. The traffic load of Beijing Railway Station has decreased somewhat with the opening of the Beijing West Railway Station in 1996. Still, it remains a busy railway station. Generally, trains for Manchuria (including Harbin, Shenyang and Dalian), Shandong (including Qingdao, Jinan), and Eastern Seaboard (including Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou) as well as for Inner and Outer Mongolia depart from this station. The remainder departs from Beijing West. Some international lines (notably the railway line linking Beijing toPyongyang, North Korea (DPRK), amongst others), also depart from this station.The Beijing Subway system used to terminate at Beijing Railway Station back in the 1960s and 1970s. This underground station still exists to this day, and forms part of the Line 2underground line.  Numerous bus and trolleybus lines pass through the railway station. The order at the railway station has been complicated recently through roadwork on the eastern road. The western road leading to the station has already been completed in full. Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal is one of the nine railway terminals in Moscow, situated on the Komsomolskaya Square. It has the highest passenger throughput of all the nine Moscow rail terminals, serving eastern destinations, including the Russian Far East. It is the western terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway, the longest railway in the world. Its name originates from the ancient city of Yaroslavl, the first large city along the railway, situated 284 km along the railway from Moscow.

The station is the centre of regional and international traffic in Mongolia. The Trans-Mongolian Railway passes through the station. It is the largest station in Mongolia.

Beijing Railway Station is one of Beijing's railway stations, opened in the 1950s, as can be seen from its architecture (which merges traditional architecture with 50s-design). It is located in the city's central location, just next to Jianguomen, and is within the confines of the city's 2nd Ring Road. Trains enter and leave to the scenery of a former Beijing city gate at Dongbianmen.

The traffic load of Beijing Railway Station has decreased somewhat with the opening of the Beijing West Railway Station in 1996. Still, it remains a busy railway station. Generally, trains for Manchuria (including Harbin, Shenyang and Dalian), Shandong (including Qingdao, Jinan), and Eastern Seaboard (including Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou) as well as for Inner and Outer Mongolia depart from this station. The remainder departs from Beijing West. Some international lines (notably the railway line linking Beijing to Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK), amongst others), also depart from this station.The Beijing Subway system used to terminate at Beijing Railway Station back in the 1960s and 1970s. This underground station still exists to this day, and forms part of the Line 2 underground line. 

Numerous bus and trolleybus lines pass through the railway station. The order at the railway station has been complicated recently through roadwork on the eastern road. The western road leading to the station has already been completed in full.

Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal is one of the nine railway terminals in Moscow, situated on the Komsomolskaya Square. It has the highest passenger throughput of all the nine Moscow rail terminals, serving eastern destinations, including the Russian Far East. It is the western terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway, the longest railway in the world. Its name originates from the ancient city of Yaroslavl, the first large city along the railway, situated 284 km along the railway from Moscow.

History

Railway development came late to Mongolia. Construction of the Trans-Mongolian line began in 1947, reaching Ulan Bator from the north in 1950 and the Chinese border in 1955. Before that the only railways in Mongolia had been a 43 km (27 mi) line (opened in 1938) connecting the coal mines at Nalaikh to the capital and a Soviet-built 236 km (147 mi) freight-only branch (completed in 1939) from Borzya on the Trans-Siberian Railway to Bayantumen, Dornod near Choibalsan in north-eastern Mongolia. Russian Irkutsk State University of Railway Engineering opened its Ulan Bator branch in June 2009.

Connecting and Asia, stretching over 7,621 km (4,735 mile) through six time zones and countless cites on-route, travelling the “Trans - Mongolian” route is not just a way of getting there, it will be the only way to see the half world. 7,621 km (4,735 mile) journey takes 6 days. This train crosses Siberia, cuts across Mongolia and the Gobi desert, then enters China and passes through the Great Wall. There’s a second weekly train between Moscow and Ulaanbaatar (train 6 eastbound, train 5 westbound). Alternatively, there are daily trains between Moscow and Irkutsk and a daily train between Irkutsk and Ulaanbaatar (train 263/264) which coincides with the Trans-Siberian as far as Ulan Ude on Lake Baikal's eastern shore. From Ulan-Ude the Trans-Mongolian heads south to Ulaan-Baatar before making its way southeast to Beijing.

Mongolian MTZ, Russian RZD, Chinese KJD serves in Trans – Mongolian railway route.

There is no such train as the «Trans-Siberian express», rather a network of thousands of domestic trains crossing the continents and a small number of w ell known direct international trains between Russia, Mongolia and China.

While Mongolian trains run on 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) (Russian gauge), China uses 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge). For this reason through carriages between the two countries must have their bogies changed at the border. Each carriage has to be lifted in turn to have its bogies changed and the whole operation, combined with passport and customs control, can take several hours. Freight wagons likewise have their bogies exchanged at this break-of-gauge.

Incoming to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Russian, Mongolian and Chinese trains come from Moscow /passes through Russian several cities/ to Ulaanbaatar for three times a week, on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Mongolian and Chinese trains come from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar for 3 times a week, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

WELCOME TO MONGOLIA by train

Direct (but long) journeys are possible from Moscow, Russia and Beijing, China on the Trans-Mongolian line of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Trains also run to the Chinese border towns of Erlian and Jining 3-4 times a week. There's also a daily train to/from Irkutsk in Russia.

Trains from Ulaanbaatar run once a week (on Thursday) and seats can only be reserved at the local Hotel in Ulaanbaatar by online. The journey takes about 30 hours. 

TOP STATIONS In Trans Mongolian trains, there are three main station; Ulaanbaatar Train Station, Beijing Main Station and Yaroslovsky Train Station and other 24 mainly train stations. Ulaanbaatar Station is located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The station is the centre of regional and international traffic in Mongolia. The Trans-Mongolian Railway passes through the station. It is the largest station in Mongolia. Beijing Railway Station is one of Beijing's railway stations, opened in the 1950s, as can be seen from its architecture (which merges traditional architecture with 50s-design). It is located in the city's central location, just next to Jianguomen, and is within the confines of the city's 2nd Ring Road. Trains enter and leave to the scenery of a former Beijing city gate at Dongbianmen. The traffic load of Beijing Railway Station has decreased somewhat with the opening of the Beijing West Railway Station in 1996. Still, it remains a busy railway station. Generally, trains for Manchuria (including Harbin, Shenyang and Dalian), Shandong (including Qingdao, Jinan), and Eastern Seaboard (including Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou) as well as for Inner and Outer Mongolia depart from this station. The remainder departs from Beijing West. Some international lines (notably the railway line linking Beijing toPyongyang, North Korea (DPRK), amongst others), also depart from this station.The Beijing Subway system used to terminate at Beijing Railway Station back in the 1960s and 1970s. This underground station still exists to this day, and forms part of the Line 2underground line.  Numerous bus and trolleybus lines pass through the railway station. The order at the railway station has been complicated recently through roadwork on the eastern road. The western road leading to the station has already been completed in full. Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal is one of the nine railway terminals in Moscow, situated on the Komsomolskaya Square. It has the highest passenger throughput of all the nine Moscow rail terminals, serving eastern destinations, including the Russian Far East. It is the western terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway, the longest railway in the world. Its name originates from the ancient city of Yaroslavl, the first large city along the railway, situated 284 km along the railway from Moscow.