Developments
BOGDKHAN BYPASS RAILWAY PROJECT
The project is a section of development and construction of 114,9km long railway from station Rashaant to station Maanit and its supporting infrastructure . Within this project, UBTZ – ”Ulaanbaatar Railway JV” /Joint venture between Mongolia and Russia/, General staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces and Bodi International LLC are participating as contractors.
The project railway alignment starts from station Maanit and runs in the southwest of the city Ulaanbaatar, bypasses around the New International Airport in Hushigtiin khundii and ends with connection to station Rashaant in Songinokhairkhan district of Ulaanbaatar.
The project construction includes complex railway tunnels and viaduct bridges, which are going to be built for the first time in Mongolia.
Social and economic benefit of the Project
- Noise, stress and further negative impacts on urban residents health from trains passing through the capital city will be significantly reduced.
- Currently, road traffic at the level crossings is being effectively closed due to the train traffic at an o average rate of 230 minutes per day. This situation of traffic congestion will be reduced by 84,8%.
- By reducing the road traffic restrictions, the fuel consumption of motor vehicles will be saved byan average of 445 million MNT per year.
- The export, import and transit revenue will be almost doubled from 34,82 USD to 64,95 USD over the 30 years of operations of the project railway. This will serve as an important factor to increase the nation’s foreign trade turnover.
- During operation of the project, a total of 1800 new workplaces will be created in the local areas.
- The population of settlements along the railway line will increase at least six times. Economic development will be intensified in a short time.
- A residential area with culture, tourism and green development will be created and can provide comprehensive social infrastructure services accessible to anyone. The issues concerning the centralization of the City Ulaanbaatar will be reduced.
- Areas along the rail alignment will be developed into a logistic network with the growing development of railways, roads and air transport hubs.
The Bogdkhan Bypass Railway Project primarily aims to reduce the traffic congestion in the city of Ulaanbaatar and establish a new residential area with developed infrastructure.
The implementation of the project is estimated tosave 71,260 minutes (1,188 hours or 49 days) of the road closure per year and thereby reduce the road congestion, which is an urgent problem of the City of Ulaanbaatar. There are four crossings along main motor road of the city with the railway. At these crossings, the road is closed for train traffic for an average of 230 minutes per day. With the commissioning of the project “Bogdkhan railway”, this bottleneck time can be reduced down to 35 minutes or by 84.8%.
The scope of work specified in the contract for Engineering, Procurement and Construction of the viaduct bridges and tunnel includes:
Tunnels in “Bogdkhan railway” project
Tunnel #1 (Location: Emeelt)
According to the Feasibilty study of the project, the tunnel #1 is located in the 32th subdistrict of Songinokhairkhan district of the UB city, 4km south of the Hui Dolon Hudag festival complex and 28 km west of the city Ulaanbaatar respectively, in the residential and commodity area Emeelt, west of the mountain Emeelt. Its length is planned to be 5460 meters-long.
Tunnel #2
According to the Feasibility study of the project, tunnel #2 is planned to be 9140 meters long, it is located 49 km southwest of the city of Ulaanbaatar, and 26 km south of the city of Zuunmod , 20 km of the new international airport in the province Tuv aimag respectively.
Viaduct bridges in “Bogdkhan railway” project
Bridge #1 /Tuul river/
According to the Feasibility study, Bridge #1 is designed to be 3450 meters –long and located in the Songinokhairkhan district of city of Ulaanbaatar. The bridge #1 will be constructed over the river Tuul.
Bridge #2 /Bukhug/
According to the Feasibility study, the bridge #2 is planned to be 1320 meters-long.
Project works have been temporarily suspended by a Works suspension notice delivered by the Project Client’s letter No. 1/154, dated on December 26, 2022