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Passenger train services between China and North Korea are set to restart Thursday after a six-year break, according to railway authorities and travel agencies. The service was halted in 2020 due to strict border closures aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19.
China is North Korea’s main trading partner and a key supporter politically, economically, and diplomatically. The resumed train routes will start with a service from Beijing to Pyongyang, departing Thursday evening. The K27 train will make stops at Tianjin, a port city, before heading northeast to Dandong, a Chinese border city adjacent to North Korea.
From Dandong, passenger cars destined for Pyongyang will be combined with another train, crossing the border to Sinuiju, a North Korean city nearby, explained Rowan Beard from Young Pioneer Tours, a company specializing in North Korea travel. The wagons and North Korean domestic carriages will be linked to a new train, which will then proceed to Pyongyang, arriving Friday evening, according to China Railway.
There will also be a daily service between Dandong and Pyongyang. Travel agencies in Beijing confirmed that anyone with a valid visa can now purchase train tickets to North Korea, including Chinese nationals working or studying there and North Koreans abroad visiting family or working.
Trains will operate both ways on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, with procedures handled at the Dandong border and at Sinuiju in North Korea. Tickets are presently available for purchase offline in several Chinese cities.
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