🇲🇳 Country
Train routes in Mongolia
3 routes · night train 3
3 routes cross Mongolia in the World Train Map atlas. The longest is the Trans-Mongolian at 1,553 km; the fastest is the Zamyn-Üüd Express, running up to 120 km/h; the oldest line dates to 1955. Every route links to its facts, photo and story, and to the interactive world map.
Open the world railway map →Night train (3)
- 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 ↗ - Erdenet Railway
Overnight sleeper north from the capital to the Soviet-built copper city of Erdenet, branching off the Trans-Mongolian near Darkhan.
- 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 ↗
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
Cross-border lines continue into
- 🇨🇳 Train routes in China 51 routes