Four overseas trains to experience: K23 (Beijing Ulaanbaatar)

Trains are the means of transportation that we often use in our daily travel, but most people should have only taken domestic trains, for example, few people should try international trains. Today, let's talk about international trains. Four overseas trains to experience: K23 (Beijing Ulaanbaatar)

Mongolia, the name of the country, is defined as the fire that never goes out. All along, the impression in our mind is that the nomadic people are good at riding horses, archery, strong in body shape, like eating meat and other labels. Mongolia, in the bright history of China, is also an indelible memory. Genghis Khan, the national leader in the era of great Mongolia, is also an important figure in our history textbooks.

You can take K23 international train, which starts from Beijing, leaves Mongolia through Erlianhot, and finally reaches Ulaanbaatar. This train and K3 (Beijing - koyaroslavl), 4652 (Hohhot - Ulaanbaatar), 681 (Erlianhaote - Ulaanbaatar) have the same place. If you don't need to walk directly from Beijing or it is convenient to get on the train in other places, you can get on the train in Hohhot and Erlianhaote. But when we talk about international travel, we still focus on between the capital and the capital, that is, Beijing Ulaanbaatar.

As for visa, Ulaanbaatar still adopts invitation application. That is to say, we still need to rely on travel agencies to apply for visa to Mongolia. Of course, we can also apply for visa at the embassy and need to issue an invitation letter. In general, in order to save money, we will go to a travel agency directly. We will not participate in the business of saving money when we are tired.

As for tickets, they can't be bought on 12306 or at the ticket office of the railway station. They can only be booked at China National Travel Service on the first floor of Beijing International Hotel. Generally, the train time varies with the alternate responsibilities of China Railway and Mongolia railway. Before departure, it's better to call China National Travel Service to determine the specific time, and individual tickets should be booked one month in advance Yes, it is better to book the group ticket two months in advance. The reservation fee is 100 yuan / person. The individual ticket is purchased 7 days before departure. The group ticket is purchased 14 days before departure. If the ticket is not purchased within the time limit, the reservation fee will not be refunded.

After leaving Beijing, K23 train passes Zhangjiakou south, Jining south, Zhurihe and finally arrives at Erlianhot. After arriving at Erlianhot, all passengers need to fill in the entry application form of Mongolia here. At the same time, because the standard rail in China is different from that in Mongolia, the train needs to start again after changing the wide rail in Erlianhot. You can choose to go to the wheelhouse together with the train and watch the process of changing wheels in the carriage. The process of changing wheels is to slowly lift the whole train, which has no impact on the passengers in the train. You can also get off the train and go to the duty-free shop of Erlian station to buy something to eat, or get off the train for ventilation.

As for the currency in circulation, Mongolia uses Tugrik as the official currency. The current exchange rate is RMB: Tugrik = 1:314. You can exchange Tugrik in the place where you exchange currency. Of course, you can also use RMB for shopping in some places. The exchange rate may not be so high.