Trans-Mongolian Railway

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international railway line rail transport corridor

The Trans-Mongolian Railway is a major international rail line linking Russia, Mongolia, and China, running from Ulan-Ude through Ulaanbaatar to Beijing as a key route for both passenger travel and freight.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ulaanbaatar–Beijing train route 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international railway line ⓘ
rail transport corridor ⓘ
borderCrossing Mongolia–China border NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia–Mongolia border NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsAt Erlian (Erenhot) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ulan-Ude NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zamyn-Üüd NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsWith Chinese railway network ⓘ
Trans-Siberian Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryServed China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mongolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicRole forms part of Asia–Europe land bridge ⓘ
supports trade between Russia, Mongolia, and China ⓘ
electrification mostly non-electrified (Mongolian sections) ⓘ
partially electrified (Russian sections) ⓘ
freightType consumer goods ⓘ
containers ⓘ
mineral resources ⓘ
gauge 1435 mm standard gauge (China) ⓘ
1520 mm broad gauge (Russia, Mongolia) ⓘ
hasService container freight trains ⓘ
long-distance international passenger trains ⓘ
historicalContext developed as an alternative route to the Trans-Manchurian Railway ⓘ
languageOfSignage Chinese ⓘ
Mongolian ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
majorStation Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erlian (Erenhot) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ulaanbaatar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ulan-Ude NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zamyn-Üüd NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being a key route between Moscow and Beijing via Mongolia ⓘ
linking Russia, Mongolia, and China ⓘ
operator China Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ulaanbaatar Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Trans-Eurasian rail network NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough Gobi Desert region (Mongolia/China) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Selenge River valley (Russia/Mongolia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ulaanbaatar NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
terminus Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ulan-Ude NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismRole popular route for overland travelers between Europe and East Asia ⓘ
trackConfiguration single-track on most sections ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trans-Siberian Railway → hasBranch → Trans-Mongolian Railway ⓘ
Ulaanbaatar railway station → isKeyStopOn → Trans-Mongolian Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ulaanbaatar–Beijing train route
Ulaanbaatar railway station → onLine → Trans-Mongolian Railway ⓘ
Ulaanbaatar railway station → partOf → Trans-Mongolian Railway ⓘ