Beijing - Moscow Trains: K3 / K4

Beijing to Moscow train K3 departs on every Wednesday and Moscow to Beijing train K4 is available on every Tuesday. Both of them require the travel time of about 133.5 hours. The ticket price for a soft sleeper on Beijing to Moscow train K3 is CNY 6,080; and for a hard sleeper, it costs CNY 3,793.

Basic facts

Open Date: June 4th, 1959

Duration: About 133.5 hours

Operated at: Beijing Railway Station, Yaroslavsky Railway Station

Countries along the Way: China, Mongolia and Russia

Major Cities along the Way: Dzamyn Uud, Ulaanbaatar, Ulan Ude, New Silberia

Beijing to Moscow Train Schedule: K3

Arrival	Departure	Station
Beijing Time
	7:27	Beijing
10:40	10:50	Shalingzi West
15:27	15:43	Jining South
20:18	0:59+1	Erlian
Ulaanbaatar Time
1:25+1	2:40+1	Dzamyn Uud
14:35+1	15:22+1	Ulaanbaatar
21:50+1	23:10+1	Suha-Bator
Moscow Time
18:55+2	20:45+2	Naushki
0:53+3	1:38+3	Ulan-Ude
9:37+3	10:22+3	Irkutsk
3:53+3	4:15+3	Krasnoyarsk
16:00+3	16:20+3	Novosibirsk
23:20+3	23:36+3	Omsk
6:29+4	6:49+4	Tyumen
11:28+4	11:58+4	Ekaterinburg
17:20+4	17:40+4	Perm
13:58+4	/	Moscow

Moscow to Beijing Train Schedule: K4

Arrival	Departure	Station
Moscow Time
	23:55	Moscow
19:54	20:14	Perm
1:16+1	1:44+1	Ekaterinburg
5:59+1	6:19+1	Tyumen
13:36+1	13:52+1	Omsk
21:03+1	21:23+1	Novosibirsk
8:39+2	9:01+2	Krasnoyarsk
2:13+3	3:08+3	Irkutsk
10:00+3	10:45+3	Ulan-Ude
14:57+3	16:47+3	Naushki
Ulaanbaatar Time
22:29+3	0:14+4	Suha-Bator
6:50+4	7:30+4	Ulaanbaatar
18:50+4	20:35+4	Dzamyn Uud
Beijing Time
21:00+4	2:00+5	Erlian
6:37+5	6:55+5	Jining South
11:09+5	11:15+5	Shalingzi West
14:35+5	/	Beijing

Note: The above train timetable is for reference only. Please refer to the railway stations for the real-time schedule.

Beijing to Moscow Train Ticket Price

The below ticket price is for individual passengers. There are discounts for group passengers, but there should be at least 6 passengers in the group.

Station	Ticket Price
Station	Deluxe Soft Sleeper	Hard Sleeper
Dzamyn Uud	CNY 1,154	CNY 709
Ulaanbaatar	CNY 2,041	CNY 1,310
Suha-Bator	CNY 2,380	CNY 1,499
Naushki	CNY 2,398	CNY 1,511
Ulan-Ude	CNY 2,849	CNY 1,713
Irkutsk	CNY 3,361	CNY 2,139
Krasnoyarsk	CNY 4,042	CNY 2,551
Novosibirsk	CNY 4,470	CNY 2,799
Omsk	CNY 4,770	CNY 2,985
Tyumen	CNY 5,077	CNY 3,173
Ekaterinburg	CNY 5,245	CNY 3,285
Perm	CNY 5,469	CNY 3,418
Moscow	CNY 6,080	CNY 3,793

Tips

1. If your travel is scheduled, it is suggested to buy the train tickets as soon as the tickets are released 30 days prior to departure for individual passengers and 60 days prior for group passengers.
2. If you want to take the train in winter, remember to take both the clothes for summer and winter. Inside the cabin, the temperature is quite high and when the train runs across Mongolia and Russia, it will be freeze outside the train.
3. Take a portable charger with you. Although there are power outlets inside the train, they are occupied in most of the time.
4. Maybe, you need to take slippers and a towel for showering and also some snacks onboard.

History

On July 28th, 1958, the proposal of operating the Beijing - Ulaanbaatar - Moscow train was made. The three countries: China, Mongolia and Moscow achieved the agreement that the train should run one round trip once a week since the summer of 1959.

On June 4th, 1959, the train K3/ K4 started to run across three capital cities of three countries: Beijing, Ulaanbaatar and Moscow. At that time, passengers in the train were government officials, delegations and officials above provisional level with security people keeping the safety of them. Thus, the train K3 and K4 were also called “the mystical oriental train” on the ground that the passengers all work for the government.

When it came to the year of 1990, business men began to take the train too. They mainly carried lots of merchandise for sale in the cities along the way. During the 10-20 minutes of the train stopping at the station, these people can even sold out these things they carried. The train at that time was nicknamed as “freight train” for it carried far more commodity than passengers.

After 2000, the train K3/ K4 became quite popular among tourists. More and more western tourists choose to take the international train to appreciate the beautiful scenery along the road. In busy seasons, the tickets can be sold out in a quite short period of time once released.