Ulaanbaatar
More Than 2,500 Engineers and Specialists Engaged in Bagakhangai-Hunnu City Railway Project
Economy
Ulaanbaatar, September 19, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Approximately 2,500 specialists from around 110 domestic enterprises are participating in the construction of the Bagakhangai–Hunnu city Railway Project.
The railway's extended length is 151.2 kilometers, with an axle load capacity of 25 tons and an average annual freight capacity of 3.5 million tons.
The Government adopted a resolution on August 14, 2025, regarding “Certain measures related to the construction of branch railways,” which included implementing the Bagakhangai-Hunnu city branch Railway Project, relocating freight terminals from the Capital city center, and reorganizing logistics. The railway, branching from Bagakhangai station of Ulaanbaatar Railway JVC and passing through Sergelen soum of Tuv aimag to Khushig Valley, is planned to be of class III, with a total length of 102.5 kilometers and a gauge of 1,520 millimeters, and to include three stations, four sidings, and a 2.5-kilometer bridge structure.
The Project is being implemented in two phases. In the first phase, the upper and lower structures of 87.4 kilometers of railway from Bagakhangai station to Khushig station will be constructed. In the second phase, 14.6 kilometers of railway from Khushig station to Shuvuun Fabrik will be built. Construction work is proceeding in accordance with the plan. Specifically, the excavation works have reached 98.7 percent, the embankment works 91.6 percent, the girder bridges 76 percent, the culvert works 75.4 percent, and the track-laying 44.8 percent.
Upon the completion of this branch railway, goods transported to provinces and imported products will be received directly at the “Khushig Valley” and “Orgokh Uul” terminals without entering Ulaanbaatar. As a result, the heavy truck traffic load within the capital city is expected to be reduced by up to 50 percent.
Since there is no unified freight logistics center in the capital that meets international standards, freight and goods are currently distributed to Ulaanbaatar and 21 aimags through more than 10 terminals and over 300 branch lines located in the city center. This situation not only negatively impacts road damage, traffic congestion, and air, soil, and environmental pollution, but also increases the risk of hazardous goods passing through the city center.
