DRAFT RESOLUTION ON BUILDING LINES OF NEW RAILWAYS SUBMITTED TO PARLIAMENT

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Minister of Economic Development N.Batbayar Wednesday submitted to the Speaker of parliament a draft resolution of parliament on constructing lines of new railways. In frames of the “New Railway” project, fundamental works for the 270 km long railways in a route from Ukhaakhudag to Gashuunsukhait have started, and about 40 per cent of the works have been completed. Thus, it is required to tackle by parliament a matter which gauge should be built for the new railways, the draft initiator said. In order to increase the export of mining products, the country urgently needs to have a general railway network for improving the capacity of railway freight and the turnover of transit, export and import freight. In accordance with the resolution, the gauge of 1,435 mm will be erected in the routes of Tavantolgoi--Gashuunsukhait; and Sainshand--Zamyn-Uud, Khoot--Bichigt; and the gauge of 1,520 mm--in the routes of Mogoin gol--Erdenet; Tavantolgoi--Sainshand--Baruun-Urt--Khoot--Choibalsan; and Khoot--Nomrog.