Trains in Mongolia

48 routes and 2 operators. Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.

We sell 48 Trains routes in Mongolia, serving 6 places through 2 operators. 36 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is €21.79 and the median route runs 344 km.

Checked September 29, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

Trains in Mongolia, in numbers

What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.

  • 48Routes we sell
  • 6Places served
  • 2Operators
  • 12Domestic routes
  • 36Cross border routes
  • 344 kmMedian route
  • 522 kmLongest route
  • 1Countries
Routes

The busiest Trains routes in Mongolia

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

The routes we sell in Mongolia, busiest first, priced over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Darkhan to Erdenet train€21.792h143 km
Erdenet to Darkhan train€21.792h 5m143 km
Darkhan to Ulaanbaatar train€28.392h 17m189 km
Ulaanbaatar to Darkhan train€28.392h 19m189 km
Erdenet to Ulaanbaatar train€35.542h 53m241 km
Ulaanbaatar to Erdenet train€35.542h 43m241 km
Darkhan to Ulan-Ude train€41.593h 2m286 km
Ulan-Ude to Darkhan train€41.593h 4m286 km
Darkhan to Shelekhov train€47.643h 42m329 km
Shelekhov to Darkhan train€47.643h 31m329 km
Darkhan to Irkutsk train€48.193h 25m333 km
Irkutsk to Darkhan train€48.193h 28m333 km
Erdenet to Shelekhov train€50.943h 50m354 km
Shelekhov to Erdenet train€50.943h 33m354 km
Erdenet to Irkutsk train€52.043h 44m363 km
Irkutsk to Erdenet train€52.043h 42m363 km
Erdenet to Ulan-Ude train€55.894h 1m398 km
Ulan-Ude to Erdenet train€56.993h 53m398 km
Ulaanbaatar to Ulan-Ude train€62.494h 25m439 km
Ulan-Ude to Ulaanbaatar train€62.494h 15m439 km
Ulaanbaatar to Shelekhov train€67.994h 57m519 km
Ulaanbaatar to Irkutsk train€68.544h 52m522 km
Shelekhov to Ulaanbaatar train€69.095h 10m519 km
Irkutsk to Ulaanbaatar train€69.644h 52m522 km

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Ulaanbaatar are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Ulaanbaatar and across Mongolia

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Ulaanbaatar, with free cancellation on most of it.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km817%Darhan, 143 km
200 to 600 km4083%Erdenet, 241 km
Across the border

Where Mongolia connects to

Countries reachable from Mongolia by Trains on a route we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Russia36100%

Train destinations

Common questions about Trains in Mongolia

What Trains routes are there in Mongolia?

We sell 48 Trains routes in Mongolia, serving 6 places, run by 2 operators. Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.

How much do Trains tickets in Mongolia cost?

The cheapest Trains fare in Mongolia is €21.79 for one passenger, across the 48 routes we sell there. The median route runs 344 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.

Can I travel out of Mongolia by Trains?

36 of the Trains routes we sell touching Mongolia cross a border and 12 stay inside it, reaching 1 other countries including Russia. Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.

Which operators run Trains services in Mongolia?

2 operators run Trains services on routes we sell in Mongolia: АО «ФПК», Оросын хамтарсан «Улаанбаатар төмөр зам». Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalog, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.

What is the longest Trains route in Mongolia?

The longest Trains route we sell touching Mongolia runs from Irkutsk to Ulan Bator, 522 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 344 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Distances

Other ways to travel here

The wider region

The trip ends at Amgalan railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Ulaanbaatar for the night the train gets in

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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