The Director of the “Ulaanbaatar Railway” Mongolian-Russian Joint Venture,  L.Purevbaatar has presented plans to launch an express train service with China. The 200 km / hour train will run between Ulaanbaatar and the Chinese border town of Erlian. In addition the national air carrier, “MIAT”, has  decided to provide additional flights to Berlin and Frankfurt, from September. This is a result of study of passenger trends. The Ministry of Transport noted: “These flights will be direct without passing through Moscow”.