Direct train from Pyongyang arrives in Moscow

The direct train between Pyongyang and Moscow, which resumed service after a 5-year suspension due to COVID-19, arrived in Moscow on Wednesday.

According to Russia's TASS news agency, the train which departed from Pyongyang on the 17th of this month, arrived at the Yaroslavsky train station in Moscow.

A representative of the North Korean railway authorities said that there were no passengers on the train, and only crew members.

The service will be available twice a month with the train from Pyongyang departing on the 3rd and 17th of every month, and that from Moscow departing on the 12th and 26th.

The one-way trip takes eight days and is reportedly the longest direct train journey in the world, spanning over 10-thousand kilometers.