North Korea, Russia to Launch 6K-Mile Trans-Siberian Rail Link Between Capitals
- Beginning June 17, Russia and North Korea will restart passenger train operations connecting Moscow and Pyongyang after several years of suspension.
- Passenger train operations were halted in early 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, and the service is now set to resume following an agreement between Russian Railways and North Korea’s railway ministry.
- The train service will operate twice a month, traveling over 10,000 kilometers across eight days, with a North Korean passenger car coupled to regular trains running between Moscow and Vladivostok.
- Russian Railways described this route as "the world's longest direct train route," while another monthly service linking Pyongyang and Khabarovsk will resume on June 19.
- This rail link reinforces expanding cooperation between the two nations, including military ties solidified by a 2024 treaty and recent North Korean military aid to Russia.
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North Korea, Russia to launch 6K-mile trans-Siberian rail link between capitals
North Korea and Russia are set to resume train service on the over 6,000-mile rail link between their capitals next week, a trans-Siberian journey that experts say could facilitate the dispatch of DPRK workers. The new service will launch on June 17, while another route connecting the DPRK capital and the major Russian Far East […]


World's longest passenger train service to resume between Moscow and Pyongyang
MOSCOW, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Direct international train service between Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and Moscow will resume on June 17, Russian Railways announced Tuesday via its official Telegram channel. Additionally, passenger train service between Pyongyang and Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East is scheduled to restart on June 19. The Pyongyang-Moscow route,
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