US EditionPyongyang-Moscow Direct Train Route Reopens After 5-Year COVID-19 Suspension
- On June 17, a passenger train set off from Pyongyang and reached Moscow's Yaroslavsky Station eight days afterward, restoring the direct rail connection between North Korea and Russia following a five-year hiatus.
- Train service between Pyongyang and Moscow, halted in early 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, has now restarted following a summit between Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin held last year.
- The train service covers more than 10,000 kilometers, making it the world's longest direct railway line, and only crew members traveled on this first trip without passengers.
- A North Korean railway official reported that only conductors have boarded the carriage so far, with no passengers present yet, and noted that the train cars have been upgraded with modern amenities, including eco-friendly toilets.
- The resumption of the Pyongyang-Moscow train service symbolizes strengthened bilateral ties and will run twice monthly to promote people-to-people exchanges.
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The railway line between the Russian and North Korean capitals is the longest in the world, at more than 10,000 kilometers.
Pyongyang-Moscow direct train route reopens after 5-year COVID-19 suspension
A passenger train that departed Pyongyang has arrived in Moscow, marking the reopening of the direct rail route between the capitals of North Korea and Russia after a five-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Russian news agency has reported. The train left Pyongyang on June 17, taking eight days to arrive at Moscow's Yaroslavsky Station on Wednesday -- the first train to travel the Pyongyang-Moscow rail route since rail service was s…
On Thursday the Russian authorities confirmed the resumption of the railway route linking the North Korean capital Pyongyang to the Russian capital, Moscow, after five years of suspension, a new gesture of the growing rapprochement between the two countries.
A train carrying a carriage from Pyongyang arrived at Moscow's Yaroslavsky railway station on Wednesday for the first time in five years since rail traffic between Russia and North Korea was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Russian media reported, resuming the line between the two capitals, considered the longest direct rail connection in the world.
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