You can go to Russia or China from Ãrdènèt by train via the town of Blacksmith Darkhan (city) or by different means via Ulaanbaatar.
coaches
Ãrdènèt has 2 coach stations. The one for Darkhan city and Ulaanbaatar is at East of the city centre, at the extremity of Sùhbaatar street, in Builders square ÐаÑилагÑдÑн Ñалбай, BarilagÄdyn talbai. The one for Bulgan and Mörön is at the South-East of the city, in a place called Dômôg, with a "Ðөмөг ХХÐ" red sign at the top of a building.Four daily coach services to Ulaanbaatar, coach service to Bulgan City.There are days with no coach, correlated with national holidays but not exactly the same. They undergo about the same government temporary bans as trains against epidemics last one lifted in November 2009.
train
An experimental web site giving train schedule is timetable. You are supposed to be able to order online, but it doesn't always work.One daily train to Ulaanbaatar leaving at 19:40, arriving at 07:40 and many stops in between, first class to Ulaanbaatar is USD 20 on the train, there are lower classes for less, bus is less than the first class train. 6 800 MNT, 3rd class. This train reaches the town of Blacksmith Darkhan (city) by night at 0:35, for 4 100 MNT 3rd class, January 2011. You can take there an international train to Russia or China, or a national train to Northern Mongolia.Trains go each and every day of the year, including on national holidays, except if the government has decided a temporary ban on public transportation against any epidemic last one against the propagation of virus H1N1, lifted in November 2009.The train station is 8 km East of the city. You can buy your train ticket there or in another ticket office downtown near the coach station. The latter charges 200 extra MNT. To go to the station, be at any bus stop in the main avenue Ð¡Ò¯Ñ Ð±Ð°Ð°ÑÐ°Ñ Ð³Ñдамж, Sùhbaatar street at least 40 min before the train departure and wait for a mini-bus with someone shouting "Ðокзал, вокзал" "Vokzal, vokzal": "Station, station". They will charge 800 MNT.
microbuses and cars
MicroBuses and cars public "taxis" to Ulaanbaatar and Darhan, with no schedule: they leave when full.Microbus to Darhan: 8 000 MNT/person Autumn 2009, car to Darhan: 10 000 MNT/person Summer 2009.Car to Ulaanbaatar: 20 000 MNT/person November 2009.Microbuses and official taxis undergo about the same government temporary bans as trains and coaches against epidemics last one lifted in November 2009.