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P'yŏngyang station is the main station in North Korea and it connects most of the cities of the country: Chŏngju, Sinŭiju, Namp'o, Sariwŏn, Kaesŏng, Wŏnsan, Hamhŭng and Rason. Beside domestic routes, international trains link Pyongyang with the Chinese capital Beijing four times weekly (24 hours) [ 2 ] and the Chinese city of Dandong ...
Tongp'yŏngyang station (East P'yŏngyang station) is a railway station located in P'yŏngyang, North Korea, on the P'yŏngdŏk Line of the Korean State Railway. [ 1 ] History
To train new generations of railway engineers and railway workers, the P'yŏngyang Railway University was opened in September 1959. [ 29 ] Thus, by the end of the 1950s, North Korea's rail network had been restored to what it had been during the period of Japanese rule, with 3,167 km (1,968 mi) of standard gauge and 599 km (372 mi) of narrow ...
An agreement was signed between the DPRK and China on cross-border train service on 5 February 1954, [1] and a Beijing–P'yŏngyang through-train service began, using China Railway rolling stock, on 3 June of the same year. [1] In 1964, through a rearrangement of lines, the main line was shortened by almost 11 km (6.8 mi).
Pyongyang railway station serves the main railway lines, including the Pyongui Line and the Pyongbu Line. Regular international rail services to Beijing, the Chinese border city of Dandong and Moscow are also available.
The network begun operation on 30 April 1962, with an opening ceremony at Pyongyang Railway station to commemorate the opening of the line from the Three Revolutions Exhibition at Ryonmot-dong to the railway station. The network began without a depot; trolleybuses were parked in the open. In September 1963, the Pyongyang station to Arch of Triumph.
Pulgunbyol Station (lit. Red Star Station) is a station on Chŏllima Line of the Pyongyang Metro. [1] The station is a short walk to Mansudae Hill Grand Monument, Sungryong Hall and Three Revolutions Exhibit.
Ponghwa Station is a station on the Chŏllima Line and the Man'gyŏngdae Line of the Pyongyang Metro. [1] Both lines are operated as a single continuous service, hence all trains from either line runs through to the other line at the station. [1] Some Chŏllima Line trains formerly short turned at the station. [1]