RAILWAY TRANSPORT REVENUE REACHES MNT 288 BILLION

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In the first 7 months of 2017, 12.1 million tonnes of freight and 1.5 million persons (double counting) were carried by railway. Compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of carried freight increased by 1.4 million tonnes (12.7%) and the number of carried passengers decreased by 36.5 thousand persons (2.3%). Revenue generated from railway transport reached MNT 288.0 billion. It is a growth by 23.1% compared to a year ago which is mainly affected by growing export of iron ore and transit transportation of crude oil products via Mongolia between Russia and China. B.Tugsbilig