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Train 003/004 running from Moscow to Beijing via Ulan-Bator (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) is one of the most famous Trans-Siberian / Trans-Mongolian trains.

This is a weekly service departing Beijing on Wednesdays at 7:45 am for almost 6 days journey to Moscow, Russia. Train 003 Beijing – Moscow (westbound) crosses the Gobi desert on the Trans-Mongolian route, then passes by Ulan-Bator and enters Russia at Naushki station to head further north to Ulan-Ude (east of Lake Baikal in Russia). It travels through Siberia, leaves Ural Mountains behind and finally arrives to Russia’s capital city on the next week’s Monday afternoon. Train 004 Moscow – Beijing express running in the eastbound direction departs Moscow weekly on Tuesday nights at 21:35 to arrive Beijing on Monday next week at 14:04.

Moscow – Beijing express has the same timetable as another international train 005/006, but with further extension from Ulan-Bator to Beijing and back. It has very few stops along the way which saves time for the Trans-Sib travelers. Within the Russian segment of the Trans-Siberian railway, particularly on the way from Moscow to Irkutsk, both of the above mentioned trains are 1 hour faster than the famous train 002 “Rossiya”  while the fares are cheaper than in Russian “firmenniy” trains. 

Moscow to Beijing train crosses Chinese frontier near the small city called Erlian; one can observe bogie change when the train spends a few hours at the border.

It is operated by Chinese company and uses Chinese rolling stocks. Unlike Mongolian and most of Russian trains Beijing express offers its passengers 3 classes of train coaches to choose from. There is deluxe 1-st class with 2-berth cabins and bathroom facilities shared between 2 cabins. Besides that, the train has 1-st class carriages with 4-berth cabins also called “soft cabin class” and the 2-nd class with 4-berth cabins called “hard cabin class”. It has got harder and somewhat narrower beds, but yet almost 30% cheaper fares.

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Train Route and Timetable

Train 003 Beijing - Moscow (via Trans-Mongolian)

Train Station*	Arrival (Moscow time**)	Departure (Moscow time**)	Hours ahead of Moscow	Running days
Beijing	...	07:45**	+4	Day 1, Wed
Erlian	20:37**	23:59**	+4	Day 1
Ulan-Bator	13:20**	13:50**	+4	Day 2, Thu
Sukhe-Bator	20:50**	22:05**	+4	Day 2
Naushki***	19:14	22:31	+5	Day 2
Ulan-Ude	02:39	03:09	+5	Day 3, Fri
Slyudyanka	08:10	08:12	+5	Day 3
Irkutsk	10:40	11:05	+5	Day 3
Krasnoyarsk	03:54	04:14	+4	Day 4, Sat
Novosibirsk	15:58	16:17	+3	Day 4
Omsk	23:28	23:44	+3	Day 4
Yekaterinburg	11:32	11:55	+2	Day 5, Sun
Perm	17:21	17:41	+2	Day 5
Nizhny Novgorod	06:55	07:10	0	Day 6, Mon
Moscow	13:58	...	0	Day 6

Train 004 Moscow - Beijing (via Trans-Mongolian)

Train Station*	Arrival (Moscow time**)	Departure (Moscow time**)	Hours ahead of Moscow	Running days
Moscow	...	21:35	0	Day 1, Tue
Nizhny Novgorod	03:40	03:52	0	Day 2, Wed
Perm	17:30	17:50	+2	Day 2
Yekaterinburg	23:10	23:33	+2	Day 2
Omsk	11:24	11:40	+3	Day 3, Thu
Novosibirsk	19:13	19:32	+3	Day 3
Krasnoyarsk	06:30	06:50	+4	Day 4, Fri
Irkutsk	23:25	23:50	+5	Day 4
Slyudyanka	02:23	02:25	+5	Day 5, Sat
Ulan-Ude	07:27	08:04	+5	Day 5
Naushki***	13:08	16:43	+5	Day 5
Sukhe-Bator	21:30**	23:15**	+4	Day 5
Ulan-Bator	06:30**	07:15**	+4	Day 6, Sun
Erlian****	21:00**	00:57**	+4	Day 6
Beijing	14:04**	...	+4	Day 7, Mon

Last update:  October 7, 2011

* There are only major train stops listed that may be of an interest for the Trans-Siberian travelers.
** Except for Mongolian and Chinese desitnations (Sukhe-Bator, Ulan-Bator, Erlian and Beijing) for which local time is indicated in timetables as well as in actual train tickets. 
*** Russia-Mongolia border crossing.
**** Mongolia-China border crossing.