Улаанбаатар
Ulaanbaatar Railway becomes an active participant in international transport and logistics
Economy
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. With the 2,500th train transiting through Mongolia on December 30, Ulaanbaatar Railway was able to renew their achievement of the previous year. The 2500th journey was made by a train with 31 train cars en route Sukhbaatar - Naushki, which started its journey at 9.15 on December 30.
As a result of the improvements made in the trains’ capacity and usage, the freight of 2021 had an increase of around 40 thousand TEUs compared to the previous year.
The achievement shows that Ulaanbaatar Railway JSC has not only become an active participant in regional and international transport and logistics, but also a strong competitor in the land corridors connecting China and Europe.
It should also be noted that the number of trains passing through the territory of Mongolia for routes connecting Asia and Europe as well as China and Russia reached 2,312 in 2020, which set a new record for Ulaanbaatar Railway. As the railway company transported over 20 percent of the total freight transported between the two continents, the corridor of Mongolia was considered as the corridor with the highest annual growth rate.
