International train service between Pyongyang and Moscow, as well as Pyongyang and Khabarovsk, will resume in June. Russian Railways announced the resumption following an agreement with the Ministry of Railways of the DPRK.

The Pyongyang-Moscow route will see departures on the 3rd and 17th of each month, arriving in Moscow on the 11th and 25th, respectively. For the return journey, trains will depart Moscow on the 12th and 26th, arriving in Pyongyang on the 20th and 4th of the following month.

The Pyongyang-Khabarovsk route will have departures from Pyongyang on the 19th, with arrival in Khabarovsk on the 21st. The return trip departs Khabarovsk on the 21st, arriving in Pyongyang on the 23rd.

The Pyongyang-Moscow route is the world’s longest non-stop railway connection, covering over 10,000 kilometers and taking eight days. The train will make stops in multiple cities including Khasan, Ussuriysk, Khabarovsk, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Yekaterinburg, Kirov, and Kostroma. The Pyongyang-Khabarovsk route’s travel time is just over two days.

Transportation will be provided in compartment carriages of the DPRK. Tickets will soon be available for purchase at railway ticket offices, with booking options opening 60 days before departure.

Passenger traffic between Russia and the DPRK had been suspended in February 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, at North Korea’s initiative. In 2021, Russian diplomats returning from North Korea had to use a rail trolley.