Irkutsk to Ulaanbaatar by train or bus?

12/13/2012 4:57:41 PM

Apparently the bus from Ulan Ude to Ulaanbaatar is about 8 hours. For some reason, when you travel by train, the border controls alone take 9 hours. I never really quite figured out why it took so long and bus passengers don’t seem to suffer this. So a train to Ulan Ude and the bus from there is a good option.

Another good reason to stop in Ulan Ude is that it means to get to travel past Lake Baikal by day – I can’t recommend this enough, it was the highlight of our trip.

11/27/2011 8:43:05 PM

Information about Russian trains schedules can be found at the official site of Russian Railways:

  1. Train #006Ь Moscow – Ulan-Bator departure at 21:35 every Wednesday, Thursday, arrival at 06:30 every Monday, Tuesday. Stop in Irkutsk at 23:25 every Sunday, Monday respectively.
  2. Train Fares #362 Irkutsk – Ulan-Bator departure at 17:15 every day, arrival at 06:10.

About buses from Ulan-Ude – there are some talks at local forums that buses are really go, every day, and during summer even more than one, but information is from 2009 year, and can’t find any newer.
Buses (they said) departure at 10-00, and after 8-9 hours you are in Ulan-Bator, but can’t find official link for it.

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