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Mongolian railways transported 20.5 million tons of freight in 2013, which is close to the system's full capacity. Transporting transit cargo between Russia and China is an important source of revenue for the country's railway system; in addition to this, railways are used to transport domestic coal to power plants. [11]
Mongolia uses the 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in) (Russian gauge) track system. The total length of the system 1,810 km. [ 3 ] In 2007, rail transport carried 93% of Mongolian freight and 43% of passenger turnover (in tons*km and passenger*km, respectively).
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 Trans-Mongolian Railway stretches 2,215 kilometers from Mongolia’s northern border with Russia to China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
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 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 Ulaanbaatar Railbus is a rail-based public transit system in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. Route. The rail route has one line, ...
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 ]