The train, which departed Pyongyang at around 10:30 a.m. the previous day, arrived at a railway station in Beijing the next morning after its lengthy journey of about 25 hours. Another passenger train from Beijing to Pyongyang also departed at around 5:30 p.m. the same day.
According to state-run China Railway, passenger trains linking the two countries' capitals operate four times a week in both directions, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Another passenger train service linking Pyongyang and the Chinese border city of Dandong also operates twice daily.
With the resumption of these railway services, Pyongyang is expected to increase exchanges to restore relations with its traditional ally, which had been strained amid its deepening military ties with Russia.
Despite the North's full reopening of its borders in 2023, passenger railway services remained suspended, although cargo trains connecting the two countries' border towns of Dandong and Sinuiju were partially resumed in 2022.
The resumption follows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's attendance at a military parade in Beijing last September and comes just weeks ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's planned visit to the city later this month.
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