Pyongyang station () is the central railway station of

Pyongyang Pyongyang () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution" (). Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. Accordi ...

, North Korea. It is located in Yŏkchŏn-dong, Chung-guyŏk.

Main information

The station is the start of the Pyongbu and Pyongŭi lines, which were adjusted from the Kyongbu and Kyongui lines used before the division of Korea to accommodate the shift of the capital from

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

. The P'yŏngŭi Line runs from Pyongyang to

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, while the Pyongbu Line theoretically runs through

and ends at

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; in practice, however, the line ends at Kaesŏng. It is also served by the Pyongnam Line, which runs from Pyongyang to

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, as well as the Pyongdok Line running from Pyongyang to Kujang.

Connections

Pyongyang station is the main station in

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and it connects most of the cities of the country: Chongju,

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, Sariwŏn, Kaesŏng,

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, Hamhŭng and

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. Beside domestic routes, international trains link Pyongyang with the Chinese capital Beijing four times weekly (24 hours) and the Chinese city of Dandong, located on the adjacent bank of the Yalu River. Trains do connect Pyongyang with Moscow, however due to chronic delays these are off-limits to foreigners. There are presently no scheduled trains to

(about away), due to the separation of the two Koreas. Local transit connections can be made at the station via Pyongyang Metro's Yongwang station (on the Ch'ŏllima Line), by Line 1 of the P'yŏngyang tram system and Pyongyang trolleybus lines 1, 2 and 10, with Pyongyang station being the terminus of all three lines.

Structure

The original station was constructed in the 1920s by the Empire of Japan who occupied Korea at the time, the original architectural style being akin to the original Seoul station built at a similar time, with the two cities once linked together. During the

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

, the original structure was destroyed and later on rebuilt in 1958 in the style of socialist architecture. The station presently has three floors above ground level as well as a basement. The ground level houses a ticket desk exclusively for government employees. At the first floor there is a waiting room, toilets, a ticket desk and access to the trains. At the second floor there are offices for the staff and at the third the office of the station master. There are five platforms, with number 1 being the most spacious.

Speaker system

At 6am every day, a rendition of " Where Are You, Dear General?" is played over a speaker system at the station. Some think the song may be intended as a morning alarm call for local residents.

Gallery

References

External links

Introduction of Pyongyang Station
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