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The Mongolian Railway (MongolRail) is slated to cover {{convert|7588|km|mi}} by year 2025. The coverage track distance will get increased by {{convert|4778|km}}. Mongolian railways transported 20.5 million tons of freight in 2013, which is close to the system's full capacity.
Transporting transit cargo between Russia and China is an important source of revenue for the country's railway system; in addition to this, railways are used to transport domestic coal to power plants.<ref>[http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=41873 The Mongolian-Russian-Chinese Northern Railway Corridor]. Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor. Volume: 11; Issue: 15. January 24, 2014.
By: Alicia J. Campi</ref> As of November 2023, Tavantolgoi-Zuunbayan railway and the Khangi-Mandal crossing on Mongolia’s border with China has been completed adding 226.9km (140 miles) across the south-east of Mongolia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dharma |first=RanjithKumar |date=2022-11-28 |title=Zuunbayan-Khangi rail link opens in Mongolia |url=https://www.railway-technology.com/news/zuunbayan-khangi-rail-link-mongolia/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Railway Technology |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Proposed lines===
A 2010 Mongolian plan proposed {{Convert|5683.5|km|mi}} of new track, primarily linking [[Dalanzadgad]] and [[Choibalsan (city)|Choibalsan]], to be built in three stages:
* the first stage, totaling {{Convert|1100|km|mi}} and linking Dalanzadgad–[[Tavan Tolgoi|Tavan Tolgoi mine]]–[[Tsagaan Suvarga mine]]–Züünbayan ({{Convert|400|km|mi|abbr=on}}), Sainshand–[[Baruun-Urt]] ({{Convert|350|km|mi|abbr=on}}), Baruun-Urt–[[Khuut coal mine|Khööt mine]] ({{Convert|140|km|mi|abbr=on}}), and Khööt–Choibalsan ({{Convert|200|km|mi|abbr=on}});
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