Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Vladivostok, June 10 (Xinhua) — Russian Railways will resume international direct trains between Pyongyang and Moscow from June 17, the company announced on its Telegram channel on Tuesday.
It is noted that the service with Moscow is scheduled to run twice a month: from Pyongyang on the 3rd and 17th of each month, arriving in the Russian capital on the 11th and 25th, respectively, and from Moscow on the 12th and 26th of each month, arriving in the capital of the DPRK on the 20th and 4th, respectively.
Pyongyang-Moscow is the longest direct train route in the world. The distance between the capitals of the states is more than 10 thousand km, and the travel time is 8 days.
Stops are planned at the stations of Khasan, Ussuriysk, Khabarovsk, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Yekaterinburg, Kirov, Kostroma, etc.
According to the report, from June 19, the railway route between Pyongyang and Khabarovsk will also resume service.
Passenger rail service between Russia and the DPRK was suspended due to COVID-19 in February 2020. –0–