An experimental web site giving train schedule is . You are supposed to be able to order online, but it doesn't always work.
One daily train to Ulaanbaatar (leaving at 19:40, arriving at 07:40) and many stops in between, first class to Ulaanbaatar is USD�20 on the train, there are lower classes for less, bus is less than the first class train. 6�800�MNT, 3rd class. This train reaches the town of Blacksmith (Darkhan (city)) by night at 0:35, for 4�100�MNT (3rd class, January 2011). You can take there an international train to Russia or China, or a national train to Northern Mongolia.
Trains go each and every day of the year, including on national holidays, except if the government has decided a temporary ban on public transportation against any epidemic (last one against the propagation of virus H1N1, lifted in November 2009).
The train station is 8�km East of the city. You can buy your train ticket there or in another ticket office downtown near the coach station. The latter charges 200 extra MNT. To go to the station, be at any bus stop in the main avenue (Сүхбаатар гудамж, Sùhbaatar street) at least 40�min before the train departure and wait for a mini-bus with someone shouting "Вокзал, вокзал" ("Vokzal, vokzal": "Station, station"). They will charge 800�MNT.
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