Russia to resume direct rail service with North Korea

17:30; 09 June 2025 year

After a four-year hiatus related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a unique railway connection between North Korea and Russia will resume on June 17.The first Pyongyang-Moscow train will depart on June 17 and run twice a month. The journey time will be 8 days.The distance by rail is 10,267 km and is a world record for non-stop routes.The trains will depart from Pyongyang on the 3rd and 17th and arrive in Moscow on the 11th and 25th. The trains will depart for the return flight on the 12th and 26th and arrive in Pyongyang on the 20th and 4th.The Pyongyang Khabarovsk passenger train will also resume operation on June 19. It will run once a month.The train will depart from Pyongyang on the 19th. From Khabarovsk on the 21st. The journey time will be two days.The passenger train will include compartment cars built in the DPRK. The main stops of the train will be in Khasan, Ussuriysk, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg.

Ticket sales will start in the coming days.Reservations are available 60 days in advance.Passenger traffic between the Russian Federation and the DPRK was interrupted in February 2020 due to the pandemic.

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