
For the first time since the Covid lockdowns in 2020, a through service Trans-Siberian Express from Moscow pulled into Ulaanbaatar on the morning of August 18, 2026.
This 8-car train was chartered by a Turkish tour group specializing in luxury itineraries. The rolling stock used are blue Golden Eagle coaches, still lettered for the original Trans-Siberian Express. The 12-day, 6300km tour took some very high paying passengers from Istanbul to Moscow, across the Trans-Siberian and down to their destination, Ulaanbaatar.
Here Mongolian Railway M62UMM-008 pulls the chartered train into Ulaanbaatar Station, where a plethora of police and station staff await the VIP guests.
Trans-Mongolian Railway
UBTZ M62UMM-008 (Train 924, Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express charter)
Ulaanbaatar Station