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Ulaanbaatar Railway (UBR) [a] is the national railway operator of Mongolia. It was established in 1949 as a joint venture between the Mongolian People’s Republic and the Soviet Union . [ 2 ] The company is jointly owned by the Mongolian and Russian government through Russian Railways , with each having a 50% stake.
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]
The Hohhot–Baotou railway (also referred to in Chinese as the Jibao second double-track line, or the Jibao Line for short) is a railway from Ulanqab City to Baotou City in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Its route is basically parallel to the Jining to Baotou section of the Beijing-Baotou railway.
The Trans-Mongolian Railway stretches 2,215 kilometers from Mongolia’s northern border with Russia to China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
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 connects the Trans-Siberian Railway from Ulan Ude in Russia to Erenhot and Beijing in China through the capital Ulaanbaatar. The Mongolian section of this line runs for 1110 km. [1] A spur line connects Darkhan to the copper mines of Erdenet; another spur line connects Ulaanbaatar with the coal mines of Baganuur.
The Haoji Railway (Chinese: 浩吉铁路; pinyin: Hàojí tiělù), fully known as Kholbolji/Haolebaoji to Ji'an railway [1] (Chinese: 浩勒报吉至吉安铁路; pinyin: Hàolèbàojí zhì Jí'ān tiělù), formerly known as Menghua Railway (West Inner Mongolia to Central China), [2] is a 1,813.5 km (1,127 mi) [1] freight-dedicated railway in China.
The Zhangjiakou-Hohhot high-speed railway is a high-speed railway located in China.It connects Hohhot, the capital city of Inner Mongolia, to Zhangjiakou in Hebei province. . The line has a length of 286 km (178 mi) as a double-tracked passenger dedicated line, with seven stations situated along its route