ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan) at Omsk.
This sleeping car is attached to train no. 2 (Moskva - Vladivostok) twice monthly - on the 11th and 25th. According to the conductors it was
built in 1983 in the DPRK. I went in this sleeping car from Moskva to Usole-Sibirskoe. As it can only be used with tickets for a cross-border trip, I used a
City-Star ticket Devinska Nova Ves - Ussuriisk (issued in Slovakia), an additional ticket Ussuriisk - Tumangan and a reservation
Moskva - Tumangan (both issued in Russia). In the car I was the only passenger with other (Austrian) than DPRK citizenship...
See also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1wMqNCeG0w
2006-12-27
Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at