Passenger trains between Russia and North Korea set to resume
Eight-day passenger train that links Russia to North Korea reopens
- Russia and North Korea will restart direct passenger train service between Moscow and Pyongyang on June 17, for the first time since 2020.
- The Moscow-Pyongyang route, operated by Korean State Railway, will run twice a month and take eight days, covering over 10,000 km.
- A separate service between Pyongyang and Khabarovsk, a Russian city near China, will resume two days later.
- Passenger rail traffic between Russia and North Korea was suspended in February 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Moscow and Pyongyang have increased cooperation, including military support, since signing a strategic partnership treaty last year; North Korea has reportedly sent troops and weapons to aid Russia in the Ukraine war.