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The Pyongyang Metro (Korean: 평양 지하철도) is the rapid transit system in Pyongyang, the capital and largest city of North Korea.It consists of two lines: the Chollima Line, which runs north from Puhŭng Station on the banks of the Taedong River to Pulgŭnbyŏl Station, and the Hyŏksin Line, which runs from Kwangbok Station in the southwest to Ragwŏn Station in the northeast.
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The Chŏllima Line (Korean: 천리마선; Hancha: 千里馬線) is a rapid transit line owned and operated by Pyongyang Metro in Pyongyang, North Korea. [1] The line has a depot at Sopo, near the Korean State Railway's Sopo station.
The primary rail gateway to North Korea is via the Sino–Korean Friendship Bridge from Dandong, China to Sinuiju, North Korea.Passenger trains are taken as far as Dandong by the China Railway at which point the domestic Chinese carriages are uncoupled and North Korean carriages and locomotive are attached.
Pyongyang is the main transport hub of the country: it has a network of roads, railways and air routes which link it to both foreign and domestic destinations. It is the starting point of inter-regional highways reaching Nampo, Wonsan and Kaesong. [10]
Line Number Route Notes #1 [6]: Mangyongdae (만경대; 萬景臺) - Pyongyang station (평양역; 平壤驛) : Formerly ran to Songsin until bridge was closed to tram traffic, line split into Mangyongdae- Pyongyang Station and Songsin-Songyo until 2014, when during reconstruction of tram lines elsewhere, this line was converted to trolleybus line #4
The Hyoksin Line (Korean: 혁신선; Hanja: 革新線) is a rapid transit line owned and operated by Pyongyang Metro in Pyongyang, North Korea. The location of the depot seems to be to the west of Kwangbok station, although where it actually is located is unknown.
Puhŭng station is a metro station on the Mangyongdae Line of the Pyongyang Metro. [2] [1] It is the southern terminus of the Chollima Line.Before the rules were relaxed in 2010, it was one of the only two stations that tourists could visit, the other one being Yonggwang station, because these two stations are the most finely decorated in the system.