Dandong - Sinuiju - Pyongyang Train

Currently, one pair of trains are operated between Dandong Railway Station and Pyongyang Railway Station on a daily basis. With a travel time of around 7 hours for a single trip, the train departs from Dandong Station at 10:00 and arrives at Pyongyang Station in the capital of North Korea at 18: 07. The return train departs from Pyongyang Station at 10:26 and arrives at Dandong Station at 16:23. 
 

(Last update on March 12, 2026 )

 

(Last update on March 12, 2026 )

Note: All time here is local time.

Latest Ticket Fare to Major Stations

	Soft Sleeper	Hard Sleeper
Dandong - Pyongyang
Adults	CNY 370	CNY 270
Children	CNY 238	CNY 182
Dandong - Sinuiju
Adults	CNY 77	CNY 70
Children	CNY 69	CNY 65

Notes: The ticket fare above is for reference only.

Chinese border inspection and customs are located in the international waiting room on the second floor of Dandong Station. Passengers go through immigration formalities before boarding or after getting off the train. After passing the Sino-DPRK Friendship Bridge, the train arrives at Sinuiju Youth Station, where the train would stop for a long time. The North Korean border guards enter the carriages for routine inspection and deal with the immigration procedures for travelers. The actual stopping time depends on the efficiency of the inspection. According to the timetable, the train from Sinuiju to Pyongyang takes 4 hours, but often it takes 7-8 hours.

China and North Korea is also connected by Beijing - Pyongyang Train K27/28, which used to be suspended in January 2020 and has reopened since March 12, 2026. They are operated on every Monday and Thursday, departing from Beijing Railway Station at 17:26 and arriving at Pyongyang Railway Station at 18:07 the next day, with the total travel time of 23h41m; for return, with a travel time of 23h14m, it departs from Pyongyang at 10:26 on every Wednesday and Saturday, finally arrives at Beijing at 08:40 the next day. 

At 10 am on January 1, 2013, with a whistle of locomotives, the No. 95 international multimodal passenger train from Dandong to Pyongyang departed from Dandong Station, which marked the entry of a new phase of China-North Korea rail combined transport.

Train No. 95/85, marked at Train No. 51/52 in North Korea, is an international passenger express train jointly operated by China Railway and Korean Railway from Dandong, the border city of Liaoning in the People’s Republic of China to Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Train No. 95/85 has been in operation since April 1, 1954. It is the second international train to connect China and North Korea after train K27/28. Before year 2013, there were 4 pairs of China-North Korea international intermodal trains between Beijing-Dandong-Pyongyang every week. With the increase of tourist travelers and border trade between China and North Korea, Dandong-Pyongyang international passenger trains operated daily.