Getting there & away
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Land
Bus
Two buses per day depart at 11am and 4pm for Ulaanbaatar (T4500, four hours). They leave from the lot west of the Urtuuchin Hotel.
Train
Darkhan is the only train junction in Mongolia: all northern trains to/from Ulaanbaatar, and all trains to/from Erdenet, stop here. The domestic ticket office (42301; 7.30-9.30am, 2.30-6.30pm & 10.30pm-4.30am) at Darkhan train station is at windows 1 and 2. Window 3 is reserved for international tickets. Hard-seat carriages are always crowded so consider taking a soft seat.
Travelling to Ulaanbaatar (hard/soft seat T2600/6400), a daytime train (272) leaves Darkhan at 8.33am, arriving in UB about 4pm. An overnighter (264) departs Darkhan at 12.05am, arriving at 6am. Other trains leave in the middle of the night.
The daily five-hour trip between Darkhan and Erdenet (hard/soft seat T2100/5300) goes through some lovely countryside, but you’ll miss it as the train leaves Darkhan at 2.50am.
The daily Ulaanbaatar–Sükhbaatar train (271) leaves Darkhan for Sükhbaatar at 5.50pm (hard/soft seat T1200/2400, two hours), or at an ungodly 2am.
Darkhan
- Darkhan Overview
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Getting there & around
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