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Analysis of the Current Situation of Mongolian Railway and Its Future Development

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  • Ulziinorov Gansukh
  • Xu Ming
  • Syed Ahtsham Ali

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The purpose of this article is to contribute the conceptual knowledge of the railway policy issue in Mongolia. The paper presented an overview of the current transport situation of Mongolian Railway. It analyzes the statistical indicators of freight and passenger traffic as well as capability analysis of the railway transport. Moreover, it highlights its further development prospects and its importance for country’s economic. In last but not least, it formulates the future prospects of sustainable development of railway sector. Findings of this research are: a) by analyzing statistic data the high correlation (R=0.87) between GDP and freight transportation of Mongolia has been confirmed. The type of cargo analyzed and the economically efficient type of cargo within Mongolia has been highlighted. b) The GDP and passenger turnover has a very weak relationship. c) In the regional context, Mongolia’s transport statistics main indexes performance somewhat in the middle and there has room to increase the freight operation in the future. The research method is based on the analysis of strategic documents, secondary data, including statistical data obtained from the Central Statistical Office in Mongolia, Statistical Office in UBTZ (Ulaanbaatar Railway Mongolian-Russian Joint-stock Company), OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) official site, International Union of Railway (UIC) official site and World Bank official site.

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  • Ulziinorov Gansukh & Xu Ming & Syed Ahtsham Ali, 2018. "Analysis of the Current Situation of Mongolian Railway and Its Future Development," International Business Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 11(5), pages 119-128, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:ibrjnl:v:11:y:2018:i:5:p:119-128
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    1. Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2014. "Managing for Development Results: Rail Infrastructure Tariffs - Enabling Private Sector Development in Mongolia's Railway Sector," ADB Reports RPT146251, Asian Development Bank (ADB), revised 26 Jun 2014.
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      Keywords

      freight operation analysis; railway freight and passenger operation; railway of Mongolia; UBTZ (Ulaanbaatar Railway Mongolian-Russian Joint-stock Company);
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      JEL classification:

      • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
      • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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