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Compartment inside ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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
2006-12-25

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Toilet inside ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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
2006-12-25

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Toilet inside ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan)
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
2006-12-25

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Hand-written timetable inside ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan). The timings are not the newest and it seems that RZD had not yet told ZC that the train runs via Nishnij Novgorod instead of Jaroslavl since 2001.
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
2006-12-26

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Thermometer and hand-written timetable inside ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan)
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
2006-12-26

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Route board of ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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
2006-12-26

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Korean inscriptions on ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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
2006-12-26

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan) at Kirov.
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
2006-12-26

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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One of the four conductors of ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan) removing snow and ice...
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
2006-12-26

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Boogie of ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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
2006-12-26

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Upper bed in compartment inside ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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
2006-12-26

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Upper bed in compartment inside ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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.
2006-12-26

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Corridor inside ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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
2006-12-26

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Water boiler inside ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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
2006-12-26

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan) at Balesino.
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
2006-12-26

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inscriptions on ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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
2006-12-26

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Coupler of ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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
2006-12-26

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside service compartment of ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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
2006-12-26

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inscription (toilet or washing room) inside of ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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

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Corridor inside of ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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

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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

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ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan) at Novosibirsk.
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

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ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan) at Krasnojarsk.
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
2006-12-28

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Korean luggage (the compartments were already full with luggage) and Styrian apples stored in the washing room of ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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
2006-12-28

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Korean luggage (the compartments were already full with luggage) stored in the washing room of ZC (Zoesen Chelto, railway of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang (via Chasan - Tumangan).
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
2006-12-28

Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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North Korean sleeping car Moskva - Pyongyang parked at the railway station Tumangan (North Korea) while waiting for being attached to a domestic Tumangan - Pyongyang train.
Tumangan is the border station to Russia. This line is used by the twice-monthly Moskva - Khabarovsk - Khasan - Tumangan - Pyongyang sleeping car. Alltough this line into North Korea is officially not open for tourists, I and a friend of mine travelled this way to Pyongyang in september 2008. See the travelogue at http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/
2008-09-19
provodnik@gmx.at

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Freight cars at the railway station Tumangan (North Korea).
Tumangan is the border station to Russia. This line is used by the twice-monthly Moskva - Khabarovsk - Khasan - Tumangan - Pyongyang sleeping car. Alltough this line into North Korea is officially not open for tourists, I and a friend of mine travelled this way to Pyongyang in september 2008. See the travelogue at http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/
2008-09-19
provodnik@gmx.at

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Seating cars of train no. 7 (Pyongyang - Tumangan) at Tumangan (North Korea).
Tumangan is the border station to Russia. This line is used by the twice-monthly Moskva - Khabarovsk - Khasan - Tumangan - Pyongyang sleeping car. Alltough this line into North Korea is officially not open for tourists, I and a friend of mine travelled this way to Pyongyang in september 2008. See the travelogue at http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/
2008-09-19
provodnik@gmx.at

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Train no. 7 (Pyongyang - Tumangan) seen from train no. 8 (Tumangan - Pyongyang) at the station Kilchu (North Korea) on the main-line Tumangan - Chongjin - Kilchu - Hamhung - Kovon - Sunchon - Pyongyang.
This line is used by the twice-monthly Moskva - Khabarovsk - Khasan - Tumangan - Pyongyang sleeping car. Alltough this line into North Korea is officially not open for tourists, I and a friend of mine travelled this way to Pyongyang in september 2008. See the travelogue at http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/
2008-09-20
provodnik@gmx.at

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Seating car of train no. 7 (Pyongyang - Tumangan) seen from train no. 8 (Tumangan - Pyongyang) at the station Kilchu (North Korea) on the main-line Tumangan - Chongjin - Kilchu - Hamhung - Kovon - Sunchon - Pyongyang.
This line is used by the twice-monthly Moskva - Khabarovsk - Khasan - Tumangan - Pyongyang sleeping car. Alltough this line into North Korea is officially not open for tourists, I and a friend of mine travelled this way to Pyongyang in september 2008. See the travelogue at http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/
2008-09-20
provodnik@gmx.at

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Sleeping car of train no. 7 (Pyongyang - Tumangan) seen from train no. 8 (Tumangan - Pyongyang) at the station Kilchu (North Korea) on the main-line Tumangan - Chongjin - Kilchu - Hamhung - Kovon - Sunchon - Pyongyang.
This line is used by the twice-monthly Moskva - Khabarovsk - Khasan - Tumangan - Pyongyang sleeping car. Alltough this line into North Korea is officially not open for tourists, I and a friend of mine travelled this way to Pyongyang in september 2008. See the travelogue at http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/
2008-09-20
provodnik@gmx.at

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Station Kilchu (North Korea) on the main-line Tumangan - Chongjin - Kilchu - Hamhung - Kovon - Sunchon - Pyongyang.
This line is used by the twice-monthly Moskva - Khabarovsk - Khasan - Tumangan - Pyongyang sleeping car. Alltough this line into North Korea is officially not open for tourists, I and a friend of mine travelled this way to Pyongyang in september 2008. See the travelogue at http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/
2008-09-20
provodnik@gmx.at

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North Korea: Former RZD platskartnyj-waggon now used in North Korea. Seen at Tanchon station on the main-line Tumangan - Chongjin - Kilchu - Hamhung - Kovon - Sunchon - Pyongyang. Photo taken from train 8 (Tumangan - Pyongyang).
This line is used by the twice-monthly Moskva - Khabarovsk - Khasan - Tumangan - Pyongyang sleeping car. Alltough this line into North Korea is officially not open for tourists, I and a friend of mine travelled this way to Pyongyang in september 2008. See the travelogue at http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/
2008-09-20
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