Trans Mongolian Train

Trans Siberian Railway - Routes to Mongolia



Featured international timetable - trains going through Mongolia  (updated winter 2012)
Beijing to Moscow Chinese train #3 leaves every Thursday at 07:45
Moscow to Beijing Chinese/Mongolian train #4 leaves every Monday at 21:35

Cost $200-$300 depending on type of sleeper
Tickets are sold only a few days before departure
You can make an advanced full pay reservation through a travel agent,
In Mongolia Happy Camel Jurney (Train and bus tickets from China to Mongolia)
In China - Ocean Travel or BestourChina or ChinaTripAdvisor, and several other agents.
Your tickets will be delivered in Beijing a few days before departure.


Budget option - Beijing to Ulaanbaatar
Budget option, costs about $30-$40 instead of $200-$300.
Take the overnight bus from Beijing LuiliQiao bus station, or the local train
to Erlian, a border city on the China/Mongolia border.
The ride takes about 12 hours.
From Erlian cross by van, or take the noon bus to Zamyn-Uud on the Mongolian side,
and take the daily local train to Ulaanbaatar.
This option might involved an extra day at Erlian.
The train leaves Zamyn Uud at 5:50PM every day
and arrives the next morning at 8:00AM in Ulaanbaatar.
The train cost is about $18


Domestic Mongolian Railway Map
Showing all train stations in Mongolia



Featured domestic Timetables -  trains in Mongolia  (updated winter 2012)
Ulaanbaatar to Zamiin-Uud (on the Chinese border) train MT3-276 leaves every day at 16:30
Zamiin-Uud to Ulaanbaatar train MT3-275  leaves every day 17:35
Ulaanbaatar to Sukhbaatar (on the Russian border) train MT3-263 leaves every day at 21:10
Sukhbaatar to Ulaanbaatar train MT3-264 leaves every day at 21:05



Train information sources

Discussion forums - a place to post a question or read other's.

Trans Siberian - by Waytorussia
Thorn Tree Mongolia - by Lonely Planet (excellent replies by Ruth)

Search trains and time tables - including trains to Mongolia
These sites are not easy to navigate, but have uptodate information.
BAHN - the English page of a German site.
POEZDA - the English page of a Russian site, use the Russian transliteration of place names.
RZD - Russian railways site in Russian, search box on bottom left side.
China - trains from Beijing

Web sources on trains to Mongolia
Trans Siberian - by Seat61 - lots of information
Trans Mongolian - by Happy camel
Travel agents specializing in Trans Siberian

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