Night train route
Trans-Mongolian
Ulaanbaatar → Beijing · Mongolia · China
Trans-Mongolian in pictures
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- Distance
- 1,553 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 31 h
- Average speed
- 50 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- UBTZ · CR
- Train
- K23/K24 international sleeper
- Countries
- Mongolia, China
- In service since
- 1956
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
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.
How this line was checked
- The 760 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 2707161 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 88.9% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 20 m); the longest stretch away from it is 14 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: UBTZ · CR — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Trans-Mongolian?
The Trans-Mongolian runs 1,553 km from Ulaanbaatar to Beijing. It runs through Mongolia and China.
How long does the Trans-Mongolian take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 31 h for the 1,553 km. That is an average of 50 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Trans-Mongolian?
UBTZ and CR, with K23/K24 international sleeper.
How old is the Trans-Mongolian?
The line has been in service since 1956. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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