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Ulanqab railway station (Chinese: 乌兰察布站; pinyin: Wūlánchábù zhàn) is a railway station of the Zhangjiakou–Hohhot high-speed railway and the Jining–Datong–Yuanping high-speed railway in Huangqihai, Qahar Right Front Banner, Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, China.
Ulaanbaatar (Mongolian: Улаанбаатар өртөө) is the main railway station of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. [2] The station is the center of regional and international traffic in Mongolia, and is the largest station in the country. [3] The Trans-Mongolian Railway passes through the station.
Mongolia uses the 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in) (Russian gauge) with a total system length of 2,810 kilometres (1,750 mi). [6] The Mongolian Railway (MongolRail) is slated to cover 7,588 kilometres (4,715 mi) by year 2025.
Mongolia opened the new Chinggis Khaan International Airport (UBN) in July 2021, located about 50 km from the center of Ulaanbaatar. Replacing Buyant-Ukhaa, it is the country's only international airport. Most airports of the 21 aimag centers of Mongolia have paved runways, but those closest to Ulaanbaatar lack scheduled air service.
Stations still active today include Boston’s neoclassical South Station, which opened in 1898; the Italianate Tampa Union Station, built in 1912; and San Diego’s Mission Style Santa Fe Depot ...
The Soviet Union, Mongolia, and the People's Republic of China agreed to extend the line from Ulaanbaatar to the Chinese border. In Mongolia, the railway was built by the Soviet 505th Penal Unit, made up of soldiers mainly imprisoned for surrendering during the war. The railway was opened by Inner Mongolian leader Ulanhu on 1 January 1956. [2] [3]
A sparsely populated town in Texas is home to the least-used Amtrak train station in America, only receiving 247 passengers within a year.. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, better ...
The name Mongolia means the "Land of the Mongols" in Latin. The Mongolian word "Mongol" (монгол) is of uncertain etymology.Sükhbataar (1992) and de la Vaissière (2021) proposed it being a derivation from Mugulü, the 4th-century founder of the Rouran Khaganate, [13] first attested as the 'Mungu', [14] (Chinese: 蒙兀, Modern Chinese Měngwù, Middle Chinese Muwngu), [15] a branch of ...