North Korea

Country Details

See Wikipedia

Railway System

UIC code

numeric 30; alpha KP

Timetable

Information is available at the Man in Seat 61.

Maps

Web-based Maps

web archive copy of North Korea map from the Railways Through Europe site, dated June 2009.

Infrastructure

Gauge

• 1435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) Standard gauge.
• 1520 mm (5 ft) Russian gauge (mixed gauge with 1435 mm) extends from the Russian border to the port city of Rason.

Metros

Pyongyang Metro

A basic line map is at Urban Railways.

Trams/LRT Systems

Pyongyang Tram

Recent and Future Changes

Recent Changes

On 26 June 2025 a through train [coach] from Pyongyang arrived in Moscow's Yaroslavsky Station, after a 5 year hiatus in service suspended in February 2021 due to Covid. Two round trip journeys a month are planned between the Capitals.

On 9 October 2024 the North Korean Army stated that it would cut off completely (physically destroy) the railways connected to South Korea. There has been no rail traffic between them for years. In late November 2018 a special inspection train operated by South Korean national operator Korail entered North Korea and carried out infrastructure inspections, returning to South Korea on 17 December. It is possible this was the last train to cross the border.

Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services

None known.

Border Crossings

North Korea - Russia

Tumangang KP - Khasan RZD

Mixed gauge (1435/1520 mm) track across the border 'Friendship' bridge extends only a short distance into Russia at Kasan but into North Korea all the way to the port of Rasong.
The line carries a twice monthly through carriage between Pyongyang and Moskva.