Editing Mongolia (section)

=== Transportation ===
{{Main|Transport in Mongolia}}
[[File:Zamyn Uud traders.jpg|thumb|Train in [[Zamyn-Üüd]] station in [[Dornogovi Province|Dornogovi aimag]]]]
[[File:Rider in Mongolia, 2012.jpg|thumb|While the [[Mongolian horse]] continues to be revered as the national symbol, they are rapidly being replaced by motorized vehicles.]]
[[File:Байкал и Хубсугул 332.jpg|thumb|Mongolian ferry ''Sukhbaatar'' on [[Lake Khovsgol]] in Khovsgol Province]]

The [[Trans-Mongolian Railway]] is the main rail link between Mongolia and its neighbors. It begins at the [[Trans-Siberian Railway]] in Russia at the town of [[Ulan-Ude]], crosses into Mongolia, runs through Ulaanbaatar, then passes into China at [[Erenhot]] where it joins the Chinese railway system. A separate railroad link connects the eastern city of [[Choibalsan (city)|Choibalsan]] with the Trans-Siberian Railway. However, that link is closed to passengers after the Mongolian town of [[Chuluunkhoroot]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lonely Planet Mongolia: Choibalsan transport |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mongolia/eastern-mongolia/choibalsan/transport/getting-there-away |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514101526/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mongolia/eastern-mongolia/choibalsan/transport/getting-there-away |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |access-date=2010-05-02 |publisher=Lonelyplanet.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Mongolia also has a 233&nbsp;km-long cargo rail link from the Tavan Tolgoi coal mine to Chinese border.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adiya |first=Amar |date=2022-09-08 |title=New Coal Rail Network Comes Online Connecting Mongolia With China |url=https://www.mongoliaweekly.org/post/new-coal-rail-network-comes-online-connecting-mongolia-with-china |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=Mongolia Weekly |language=en |archive-date=11 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911183801/https://www.mongoliaweekly.org/post/new-coal-rail-network-comes-online-connecting-mongolia-with-china |url-status=live}}</ref>

Mongolia has a number of domestic airports, with some of them having international status. However, the main international airport is [[Chinggis Khaan International Airport]], located approximately {{convert|52|km|abbr=on}} south of the capital Ulaanbaatar. Direct flight connections exist between Mongolia and South Korea, China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, Germany, and Turkey. [[MIAT Mongolian Airlines]] is Mongolia's national air carrier, operating international flights, while air carriers such as Aero Mongolia and Hunnu Airlines serve domestic and short international routes.

Many overland roads in Mongolia are only gravel roads or simple cross-country tracks. There are paved roads from Ulaanbaatar to the Russian and Chinese borders, from Ulaanbaatar east- and westward (the so-called Millennium Road), and from Darkhan to [[Bulgan (city)|Bulgan]]. A number of road construction projects are currently underway. Mongolia has {{convert|4800|km|abbr=on}} of paved roads, with {{convert|1800|km|abbr=on}} of that total completed in 2013 alone.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 26, 2013 |title=Tough challenges in 2014 &#124; UBPost News |url=http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/?p=7086 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401041502/http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/?p=7086 |archive-date=April 1, 2014 |access-date=2014-05-05 |publisher=Ubpost.mongolnews.mn |df=mdy-all}}</ref>