As estimated USD 1.25 billion is needed to build 542km long railway from Erdenet city of Orkhon aimag to Ovoot mine of Khuvsgul aimag, which is considered as one of the biggest construction works in road and transport sector. ‘Northern Railways’ LLC will tackle funding collaboratively with the China Gezhouba Group International Company of China.

The railway will be connected with Russia and China, and become a part of an economic corridor which connects Asia and Europe. Regarding this, the project executor requested from the Minister to carefully define the route to be connected with railways of Russia and China.

Minister J.Bat-Erdene said that the Ministry of Road and Transport Development is ready to take necessary actions. "At present, preparation works of the project are going slow. So, it is necessary to finish the preparation works by the fall of 2018 and launch the construction work in the spring of 2019."

He also added that it is vital to make ongoing activities of the project transparent to the state and public.

In return, representatives of the Northern Railways Company agreed with the Minister's request and expressed their willingness to closely cooperate. 
E.Altanzul