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Advertisement East Asia First train to Pyongyang in six years leaves Beijing as neighbours revive link The service linking the capitals will operate four days a week in both directions. A passenger train with cross-border service to North Korea's Pyongyang leaves Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, China on Mar 12, 2026. (Reuters/Florence Lo) 12 Mar 2026 05:56PM (Updated: 12 Mar 2026 06:07PM) Bookmark Bookmark Share WhatsApp Telegram Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Set CNA as your preferred source on Google Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results. Read a summary of this article on FAST. Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try. Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FAST FAST BEIJING: The first passenger train service between the Chinese and North Korean capitals left Beijing Railway Station on Thursday (Mar 12), ending a six-year gap, as China moves to shore up cross-border infrastructure and rebuild ties with its neighbour.Train K27 will arrive in the North Korean capital at 6.07pm on Friday, after a journey of 24 hours and 41 minutes skirting north of the Bohai Sea with a stopover in the border city of Dandong, China's railway authority said.China and North Korea are "friendly neighbours" and a cross-border passenger train service facilitates people-to-people exchanges, a foreign ministry spokesperson told reporters on Thursday.China also backs stronger communication between both sides to ease such exchanges, the spokesperson added. CNA Games Guess Word Crack the word, one row at a time Buzzword Create words using the given letters Mini Sudoku Tiny puzzle, mighty brain teaser Mini Crossword Small grid, big challenge Word Search Spot as many words as you can Show More Show Less The service was suspended when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in 2020.North Korea is largely closed to foreign tourism, with few exceptions, largely for Russian tour groups under restricted arrangements, say travel agencies organising trips to the country. Also read: North Korea opens landmark coastal Wonsan tourist zone North Korea's Kim marks completion of Pyongyang housing project as key party congress nears RESTRICTED TICKETSThe service linking the capitals will operate four days a week in both directions, running on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, China's railway authority said in a notice.Tickets, restricted to business visa holders, were sold out for Thursday's trip, but those for Mar 18 were still available, a Beijing travel agency said.The shorter Dandong-Pyongyang link will operate daily in both directions, with the first service leaving China's northeastern city of Dandong at 10am on Thursday to arrive in Pyongyang at 6.07pm, the official news agency Xinhua said.Cross-border flights were also halted during the pandemic.North Korea's state carrier Air Koryo resumed flights to China in 2023 and now offers services between the capitals twice weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays, its website booking service showed. Source: Reuters/dc Newsletter Week in Review Subscribe to our Chief Editor’s Week in Review Our chief editor shares analysis and picks of the week's biggest news every Saturday. Newsletter Morning Brief Subscribe to CNA’s Morning Brief An automated curation of our top stories to start your day. Sign up for our newsletters Get our pick of top stories and thought-provoking articles in your inbox Subscribe here Get the CNA app Stay updated with notifications for breaking news and our best stories Download here Get WhatsApp alerts Join our channel for the top reads for the day on your preferred chat app Join here Related Topics China North Korea Beijing Pyongyang Advertisement Also worth reading Content is loading... Advertisement Expand to read the full story Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try. Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FAST FAST