Sainshand

Sainshand is the capital of Dornogovi province.

Understand

This small city in the Govi is planned to become a major industrial site with mineral processing and a hub between the Tran-Mongolian railway and a new east-west cross-Govi railway connecting major mines with eastern Siberia.

Sainshand
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Get in

As it is a station on the main train-line of the Trans-Mongolian line of the Trans-Siberian Railway from Beijing via the Zamiin-Uud/Erlian border crossing to Ulaanbaatar, there is little public transport otherwise. A paved road was completed in 2013 connecting Sainshand and Zamiin-Uud to Ulaanbaatar via Choir. No word yet if there will be any buses between the cities.

By train
Sainshand Railway Station

There are several trains that stop in Sainshand going either south to Zamiin-Uud and on to China or north from China to Ulaanbaatar. There are 2 daily trains from UB, plus express trains on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday with fewer stops. There are also 1 daily train and an express train on Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday from Zamiin-Uud. Local trains stop at every town and city along the way and can have over 20 stops between Zamiin-Uud and Ulaanbaatar.

Train Number Route Arrives Departs Days
44Ulaanbaatar - Sainshand - Zamiin-Uud03:5704:25Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday
43Zamiin-Uud - Sainshand - Ulaanbaatar01:1001:50Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday
286Ulaanbaatar -Sainshand - Zamiin-Uud20:0020:40Everyday
285Sainshand - Ulaanbaatar21:00Everyday except Monday
286Ulaanbaatar - Sainshand22:50Friday express schedule
285Sainshand - Ulaanbaatar00:30Friday express schedule
276Ulaanbaatar - Sainshand - Zamiin-Uud1:382:08Everyday express train
275Zamiin-Uud - Sainshand - Ulaanbaatar22:5023:30Everyday express train

Get around

See

Do

You can visit the Hamriin Hiid Monastery about 50 km south of the town (about 40,000 ₮ per car). It's a less than 1h drive thru the desert. The monastery itself is not much more than a collection of stupas, but it's in a beautiful desert location and it's an important place for Tibetan Buddhists and locals come here to aborb "Enerji".

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Go next
Routes through Sainshand

Irkutsk ← Ulaanbaatar ← Choir ←  N  S  → Zamiin-Uud → Beijing



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