Beijing - Ulaanbaatar Trains

Beijing - Ulaanbaatar Trains K23/ K24 have been out of service since February 2020 and are planned to be resumed after the maintenance of Fengtai - Shacheng Railway, but the exact time is still unknown yet. 

Luckily, Erlian/ Hohhot - Ulaanbaatar international trains are in service now. If you prefer a land cross between Beijing and Ulaanbaatar, a transfer in these two cities is needed. But there is no train connecting Beijing and Erlian, so Hohhot becomes the only and best transfer choice.

Passengers need to take high speed trains to travel from Beijing North/ Qinghe Railway Station to Hohhot Railway Station first with a duration of about 2 - 3.5 hours, and then take the cross-border train heading to Ulaanbaatar, taking about 36.5 hours.

It's worth noting that some high speed trains stop at Hohhot East Railway Station, which are not recommended, as the same station transfer is much easier. If you want to have a visit to Hohhot City, you can also choose to arrive at Hohhot East Railway Station.

Shuttling from Hohhot East Railway Station to Hohhot Railway Station, passengers can take metro line 1 and transfer to line 2 at Xinhua Square station, taking about 30 minutes onboard at a cost of CNY 3.
 (Last Update on Mar 24, 2025)

Train No.	Departure - Arrival	Travel Time
G2491	08:30 - 11:01	2h31m
D1077	09:55 - 12:47	2h52m
G2493	11:54 - 14:33	2h39m
G2495	16:55 - 19:08	2h13m
G2485	17:48 - 20:32	2h44m

Over 40 departures in total: departure time from 06:10 to 20:58; duration from 2H10M to 3H27M
 (Last update on Mar 24, 2025)

No.	4652/ 33
Hohhot Departure	21:59 every Mon. & Fri.
Erlian Stopover	05:26+1 - 17:10+1
Ulaanbaatar Arrival	10:25+2
Travel Time	36H26M

Note: "+1" indicates the second day; "+2" indicates the third day.

Soft Sleeper on Hohhot - Ulaanbaatar Train

 
 

No.	34/ 4654
Ulaanbaatar Departure	20:22 on every Mon. & Fri.
Erlian Stopover	10:25+1 - 13:45+1
Hohhot Arrival	21:23+1
Travel Time	24H38M

 (Last Update on Mar 24, 2025)

Train No.	Departure - Arrival	Travel Time
G2492	08:36 - 10:50	2h14m
D1072	09:47 - 12:34	2h47m
D1074	14:31 - 17:33	3h2m
G2496	17:42 - 20:18	2h36m
D1076	19:05 - 21:56	2h51m

Over 49 departures in total: departure time from 06:30 to 20:30; duration from 2H9M to 3H14M

Hohhot to Beijing high speed trains only run in the daytime. When you arrive by the cross border train at 21:23, no high speed train will be available for you to go back to Beijing the same day. If you insist, 2 overnight sleeper trains are available at Hohhot Railway Station:
 K1178 departs at 23:25 and arrives at 09:01 the next day; K886 runs from 23:45 to 09:05 the next day. It costs CNY 161 for a hard sleeper and CNY 244 for a soft sleeper.

Arrive at Beijing North by High Speed Train

Second Class Coach on Beijing - Hohhot Bullet Trains

 (Last Update on Mar 24, 2025)

Business Class Seat	First Class Seat	Second Class Seat
CNY 578 - 664.5 USD 80 - 92	CNY 302 - 355 USD 42 - 49	CNY 193 - 221 USD 27 - 31

 (Last update on Mar 24, 2025)

Soft Sleeper	Hard Sleeper
Hohhot to Ulaanbaatar by China Train
CNY 1,765 (USD 245)	CNY 1,220 (USD 169)
Hohhot to Ulaanbaatar by Mongolian Train
---	CNY 1,311 (USD 182)

Note: Only full price is displayed above for your reference; discounts are available sometimes.

Other International Trains between China and nearby Countries

K19/K20: Beijing - Manzhouli - Moscow	K27/K28: Beijing - Pyongyang	T8701/T8702: Nanning - Hanoi
4652/4653: Hohhot - Ulaanbaatar	Z5/Z6: Beijing - Hanoi	K9795/K9796: Urumqi - Almaty K9797/K9798: Urumqi - Astana
D87/D88: Kunming - Vientiane	K3/K4: Beijing - Ulaanbaatar - Moscow

 International railways under construction/planning from China to: