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( noon-late) One of the hottest spots in town, this friendly pub is a great place to drink
with both expats and locals.

Information

Golomt Bank ( 9am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm Sat) This bank is 200m west of the taxi
stand. There are also ATMs at the train station and the bus station.
Internet Cafe (per hr T600;

8am-10pm) At the same location as the Telecom Office.

24hr) ATM and post office are also located here.

Telecom Office (

Getting There & Away

BUS
From the main bus station , buses depart hourly between 9am and 8pm for Ulaanbaatar
(T10,000, 3½ hours). Two buses a day leave for Erdenet (T10,000, three hours) at 11am
and 5pm. For Khövsgöl (T33,500, 13 hours) buses depart several times weekly.

MINIVAN, TAXI & JEEP
Plenty of shared taxis (T15,000) do the three-hour run to Ulaanbaatar, departing from the
bus station in the new town. The station also has share taxis to Erdenet (T15,000, 2½
hours).
For Sükhbaatar (T6000, two hours), vans leave from outside the market in the new
town; there are signs for different destinations (in Mongolian). For Amarbayasgalant
Khiid hire your own jeep near the market or a taxi from the taxi stand; a round trip
should cost about T130,000 but you'll need to bargain.

TRAIN
Darkhan is the only train junction in Mongolia: all northern trains to/from Ulaanbaatar,
and all trains to/from Erdenet stop here.
Travelling to Ulaanbaatar (hard seat/hard sleeper/soft sleeper T5000/10,000/15,300), a
daytime train (272) leaves Darkhan at 8.48am, arriving in Ulaanbaatar at 4.20pm. An
overnighter (264) departs Darkhan at 11.40pm, arriving at 6.10am. Other trains leave in
the middle of the night.
The daily five-hour trip between Darkhan and Erdenet (hard seat/soft seat/soft sleeper
T2900/6200/9800, five hours) leaves Darkhan at an ungodly 3am.
The daily Ulaanbaatar-Sükhbaatar train (271) leaves Darkhan for Sükhbaatar at
5.55pm (hard seat/hard sleeper/soft sleeper T2300/4200/6200, about three hours).