Travel operators say Chinese and North Koreans can now buy tickets for services leaving this week
Passenger train services between China and North Korea are to resume this week, six years after their suspension because of the Covid-19 pandemic, travel operators have said.
Train journeys between the two countries were halted in 2020 as strict border closures were imposed to prevent the virus spreading.
China has since fully reopened its borders, but North Korea has proceeded more slowly – though direct flights and train services with Russia resumed last year.
Travel agents for official ticketing booths in Beijing and the Chinese border city of Dandong said on Tuesday that Chinese people working and studying in North Korea were now able to buy train tickets to the diplomatically isolated nation, with the first service leaving on Thursday.
