Night trains
Night trains from Ulaanbaatar
3 sleeper routes · Mongolia
3 night trains serve Ulaanbaatar in the World Train Map atlas, with sleeper routes to Beijing, Zamyn-Üüd, Erdenet. The longest is the Trans-Mongolian at 1,553 km (≈ 31 h); the oldest service on this list has run since 1955. Board in the evening, wake up 1,553 km closer. Every route below links to its full story and the world railway map.
- Trans-Mongolian
The Trans-Mongolian’s Gobi crossing: gers, camels, and a bogie change at the Chinese border, where every coach is jacked up for the narrower gauge.
Wikipedia ↗ - Zamyn-Üüd Express
The domestic overnight across the Gobi Desert from Ulaanbaatar to the Chinese-border town of Zamyn-Üüd, halting at Choir and Sainshand.
Wikipedia ↗ - Erdenet Railway
Overnight sleeper north from the capital to the Soviet-built copper city of Erdenet, branching off the Trans-Mongolian near Darkhan.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
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