China–Russia International Trains

Running on the Trans-Siberian Railway, there are several cross-border trains serving between China and Russia. The weekly Trans-Mongolian train (K3/K4 trains) is considered the most interesting one covering 7,621 km (4,735 mile) during the 6 days and 5 nights. Another trans-Manchurian train (K19/K20 trains) also serves between Beijing and Moscow, taking 7 days and 6 nights to cover the 8,986km (5,623 miles). For shorter tour, K23 train can take you from Beijing to Ulan Bator for only 29 hours to cover 1500 km (931 mile).

General Information

Trans-Mongolian train: K3/K4 (K0033/K0043 in Mongolia and Russia)

Trans-Mongolian line completed in 1950s. Direct trains serving this line are K3/k4 trains linking Beijing and Moscow via Ulan Bator in Mongolia. The whole journey takes 6 days and 5 nights to cover 7,621 km (4,735 mile).

K3 train travels westbound from Beijing every Wednesday and arrives Moscow on Monday. K4 train travels eastbound every Tuesday from Moscow and arrives Beijing on Monday (local time).

The K3/K4 use Chinese stock and offer deluxe soft sleepers with only 2 bunks, soft sleepers (1st class) with 4 bunks in one cabin and hard sleepers (2nd class) with 4 bunks. Dinning coach changes in each country and provides Chinese, Mongolia and Russian food separately, which adding more charm to its journey. Comparing to K19/20, K3/k4 takes shorter time, less money, enjoys more history and better view via the Gobi Desert, vast opening countryside and villages etc.

Trans- Manchuria line: K19/K20 (called train 019/020 in Russia)

Trans- Manchuria Line completed around 1900. Direct train serves Beijing and Moscow travelling 8,986km (5,623 miles) in 7 days and 6 nights.

Westbound train K19 (called 019 in Russia) departs Beijing every Saturday and arrives Moscow the next Friday; Eastbound train K20 (called 020 in Russia) departs Moscow every Saturday and arrives at Beijing Railway Station the following Saturday (local time).

The K19/K20 use Russia stock and offer almost the same soft sleepers (1st class) with 4 bunks in one cabin and hard sleepers (2nd class) with 4 bunks.

Timetable of China – Russia Trains

Schedule of train K3/K4


K3 (Westbound)				Stations (Chinese)	K4 (Eastbound)
Distance(km)	Day	Arrives	Departs	Stations (Chinese)	Arrives	Departs	Day	Distance(km)
0	Wed	—	11:22	Beijing (北京站)	11:40	—	Mon	7692
196	Wed	14:39	14:45	Zhangjiakou South (张家口南)	08:16	08:24	Mon	7496
374	Wed	16:56	17:08	Jining South (集宁南)	06:08	06:20	Mon	7318
548	Wed	19:38	19:40	Zhurihe (朱日和)	03:29	03:31	Mon	7144
707	Wed	21:48	00:59	Erlian （二连）	21:00	01:20	Mon	6985
717	Thur	01:25	02:40	Zamyn-Uud (扎门乌德)	18:50	20:35	Sun	6975
952	Thur	06:15	06:35	Sainshand (赛音山达)	14:42	15:20	Sun	6740
1179	Thur	09:58	10:19	Choir (乔伊尔)	11:06	11:30	Sun	6513
1426	Thur	14:20	15:25	Ulan Bator(乌兰巴托)	06:35	07:15	Sun	6266
1598	Thur	18:02	18:19	Zuunkharaa(宗哈拉)	03:30	03:45	Sun	6094
1707	Thur	20:19	20:24	Darkhan (达尔汗)	01:22	01:44	Sun	5985
1805	Thur	21:50	23:05	Suhe-Bator(苏赫巴托)	22:10	23:55	Sat	5887
1828	Thur	20:14	22:04	Naushki (纳乌什基)	15:33	17:23	Sat	5864
1871	Thur	22:49	22:51	Chita(赤塔)	14:45	14:47	Sat	5821
2083	Fri	02:14	02:44	Ulan-Ude (乌兰乌德)	10:52	11:22	Sat	5609
2413	Fri	08:11	08:16	Slyudyanka (斯柳江卡)	05:19	05:21	Sat	5279
2539	Fri	10:49	11:14	Irkutsk (伊尔库茨克)	02:28	02:53	Sat	5153
2790	Fri	15:04	15:34	Zima (集马)	22:02	22:32	Fri	4902
3045	Fri	19:01	19:14	(尼日涅乌丁斯克)	18:17	18:30	Fri	4647
3348	Fri	23:40	00:02	Irancy Kaya (伊兰斯卡雅)	13:16	13:38	Fri	4344
3627	Sat	03:53	04:15	Krasnoyarsk(克拉斯诺雅尔斯克)	08:45	09:07	Fri	4065
4012	Sat	09:54	10:20	Mariinsk (马林斯克)	02:59	03:25	Fri	3680
4160	Sat	12:22	12:24	Tayga (泰加)	00:57	00:59	Fri	3532
4389	Sat	15:53	16:12	Novosibirsk (新西伯利亚)	21:04	21:23	Thur	3303
4692	Sat	19:33	20:00	Barabinsk (巴拉宾斯克)	17:27	17:57	Thur	3000
5016	Sat	23:26	23:46	Omsk (鄂木斯克)	13:37	13:53	Thur	2676
5299	Sun	02:51	03:03	Ishim (伊施姆)	10:22	10:34	Thur	2393
5588	Sun	06:31	06:51	Tyumen(秋明)	06:18	06:38	Thur	2104
5914	Sun	11:15	11:42	Yekaterinburg(斯维尔德洛夫斯克)	01:32	01:59	Thur	1778
6295	Sun	17:16	17:36	Perm (彼尔姆)	19:48	20:17	Wed	1397
6538	Sun	21:25	21:48	(巴列基诺)	15:43	16:06	Wed	1154
6775	Mon	00:51	01:06	Kirov (基洛夫)	12:18	12:33	Wed	917
7231	Mon	06:50	07:02	Nizhny Novgorod (高尔基)	05:36	05:48	Wed	461
7482	Mon	10:20	10:43	Vladimir (弗拉基米尔)	02:30	02:53	Wed	210
7692	Mon	13:58	—	Moscow (莫斯科)	—	23:45	Tues	0

Schedule of train K19/K20


K19 (Westbound)				Stations	K20 (Eastbound)
Distance (km)	Days	Arrives	Departs	Stations	Arrives	Departs	Day	Distance (km)
0	Sat	—	23:00	Beijing (北京)	05:46	—	Sat	8981
137	Sun	00:35	00:41	Tianjin (天津)	03:52	04:08	Sat	8844
260	Sun	02:03	02:06	Tangshan (唐山)	02:19	02:27	Sat	8721
433	Sun	04:07	04:13	Shanhaiguan (山海关)	00:14	00:22	Sat	8548
617	Sun	06:11	06:15	Jinzhou (锦州)	22:11	22:16	Fri	8364
859	Sun	08:47	08:55	Shenyang (沈阳)	19:18	19:33	Fri	8122
1047	Sun	10:52	10:55	Siping (四平)	17:13	17:19	Fri	7934
1162	Sun	12:21	12:29	Changchun (长春)	15:49	16:00	Fri	7819
1408	Sun	15:04	15:29	Harbin (哈尔滨)	12:51	13:17	Fri	7573
1678	Sun	19:00	19:08	Angangxi (昂昂溪)	09:27	09:35	Fri	7303
1947	Sun	22:56	23:04	Bugt (博克图)	05:34	05:40	Fri	7034
2157	Mon	02:06	02:14	Hailar (海拉尔)	02:38	02:44	Fri	6824
2343	Mon	04:18	07:01	Manzhouli (满洲里)	18:30	00:34	Fri	6638
2355	Mon	07:26	09:13	Zabaikalsk (后贝加尔斯克)	08:07	14:06	Thur	6626
2441	Mon	11:50	12:10	Borzya (博尔贾)	05:04	05:24	Thur	6540
2528	Mon	13:55	13:57	Yasnogorsk (亚斯诺戈尔斯克)	↑	↑	Thur	6453
2540	Mon	14:17	14:19	奥洛维亚那亚	↑	↑	Thur	6441
2611	Mon	16:05	16:07	Mogoytuy	↑	↑	Thur	6370
2688	Mon	18:08	18:49	卡雷姆斯卡雅	23:00	23:30	Wed	6293
2782	Mon	20:43	21:08	Chita	20:46	21:11	Wed	6199
3049	Tues	01:23	01:38	Khilok	16:05	16:24	Wed	5932
3197	Tues	04:00	04:02	Petrovsky Plant (彼得罗夫斯基厂)	13:35	13:37	Wed	5784
3339	Tues	06:08	06:33	Ulan-Ude (乌兰乌德)	11:00	11:30	Wed	5642
3669	Tues	11:02	11:04	Slyudyanka (斯柳江卡)	06:30	06:32	Wed	5312
3796	Tues	13:10	13:40	Irkutsk (伊尔库茨克)	03:55	04:25	Wed	5185
4041	Tues	17:35	18:05	Zima (济马)	23:51	00:21	Wed	4940
4301	Tues	21:32	21:44	Nizhneudinsk (下乌金斯克)	20:16	20:28	Tues	4680
4606	Wed	02:20	02:40	Ilanskaya (伊兰斯卡雅)	15:15	15:37	Tues	4375
4638	Wed	03:15	03:17	Kansk-Eniseyskiy (坎斯克叶尼赛斯基)	14:40	14:42	Tues	4343
4719	Wed	04:28	04:30	扎奥焦尔内	13:30	13:32	Tues	4262
4883	Wed	07:01	07:24	Krasnoyarsk (克拉斯诺亚尔斯克)	10:25	10:47	Tues	4098
5064	Wed	10:14	10:16	Achinsk (阿钦斯克)	07:37	07:39	Tues	3917
5266	Wed	13:07	13:32	Mariinsk (马林斯克)	04:25	04:50	Tues	3715
5646	Wed	19:07	19:37	Novosibirsk (新西伯利亚)	22:42	23:12	Mon	3335
5941	Wed	22:45	23:08	Barabinsk (巴拉宾斯克)	18:54	19:17	Mon	3040
6269	Thur	02:59	03:14	Omsk (鄂木斯克)	14:51	15:06	Mon	2712
6550	Thur	06:38	06:50	Ishim (伊希姆)	10:53	11:05	Mon	2431
6837	Thur	10:20	11:00	Tyumen (秋明)	06:43	07:13	Mon	2144
7165	Thur	15:15	15:38	Yekaterinburg (叶卡捷琳堡)	02:00	02:23	Mon	1816
7545	Thur	21:06	21:26	Perm (彼尔姆)	20:17	20:37	Sun	1436
7787	Fri	01:16	01:39	Balezino (巴列济诺)	16:17	16:40	Sun	1194
8024	Fri	04:55	05:10	Kirov (基洛夫)	12:25	12:40	Sun	957
8520	Fri	10:59	11:09	Nizhny Novgorod (下诺夫哥罗德)	06:00	06:10	Sun	461
8771	Fri	14:29	14:52	Vladimir (弗拉基米尔)	02:54	03:17	Sun	210
8981	Fri	18:13	—	Moscow (莫斯科)	—	23:55	Sat	0

Map of China – Russia Train Routes

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Journey experience of K3 train from Beijing to Moscow

China – Russian trains do not offer open tickets for you to hip off and on. You have to plan ahead your stops and purchase tickets accordingly. However, the direct trains also stop every couple of hours at many stations for 5-60 minutes and the slow speed allows to catch all the best scenery along the way. Travel with the photos below.

Arrives Erlian in the evening. Stop for 2 hours here to change the wheels to suit for Mongolian rail line.

Stop at Ulan Baator for 65 minutes. Prepare for a short discovery around the station.

Grassland in Mongolia region

When entering Russia, the first famous attraction in the early morning is Lake Baikal. You will have almost three hours travelling along the lake and marvel at its beauty.