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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.
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.
Moranbong Station is a metro station on the Chollima Line of the Pyongyang Metro. [2] The station features TVs, LED displays, and electronic guide maps on its platforms and escalators. [ 1 ] [ 3 ]
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.
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.
On November 22, 2018, North and South Korea reopened a road on the Korean border which had been closed since 2004. [4] [5] On November 30, 2018, inter-Korean rail transportation resumed when a South Korean train crossed into North Korea for the first time since November 2008. [6] On December 8, 2018, a South Korean bus crossed into North Korea.
The Beijing Subway is the world's longest metro network at 815.2 kilometres (507 mi) ... North Korea: Pyongyang Metro: 1973 1987 [Nb 51] 17 2 22.5 km (14.0 mi)
Unlike South Korea, personal ownership of automobiles in North Korea is very rare. North Koreans, especially those living in Pyongyang and other major cities, rely mainly on public transport. In Pyongyang, there are trolleybuses (the Pyongyang trolleybus system) and subways (the Pyongyang Metro), with these two serving as its main forms of ...