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Beijing - Pyongyang Trains: K27/ K28

It is officially announced that Beijing - Pyongyang Train has been resumed since March 12, 2026. Four pairs of overnight trains operate between the two cities each week on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Train No.: Beijing → Pyongyang: K27 (In China), 52 (In North Korea); Pyongyang → Beijing: K28 (In China), 51 (In North Korea)
Departure: 17:26 from Beijing Railway Station every Monday, Thursday; 10:26 from Pyongyang Railway Station every Wednesday, Saturday
Arrival: 18:07 in Pyongyang the second day; 08:40 in Beijing the second day
Duration: 23 hours and 41 minutes for China to North Korea train K27/ 52; 23 hours and 14 minutes for North Korea to China train K28/ 51
Passing by: China, North Korea
Length: 1,364 kilometers (848 miles)
Operator: China Beijing Railway Bureau, Korean State Railway of North Korea

Beijing to Pyongyang Train Schedule: K27

(Last update on March 12, 2026 )

Country	Train No.	Station	Arr. Time	Dep. Time
China	K27	Beijing	-	17:26
		Tianjin	19:03	19:09
		Shanhaiguan	22:36	22:42
		Shenyang	03:20	03:40
	No.95	Dandong	07:35	10:00
North Korea	No.52	Sinuiju	11:10	13:06
North Korea	No.52	Pyongyang	18:07	-

Kind Reminder:
1. Please make sure your visa for North Korea is valid when passing through the China-North Korea border.

Pyongyang to Beijing Train Schedule: K28

(Last update on March 12, 2026)

Country	Train No.	Station	Arr. Time	Dep. Time
North Korea	No.51	Pyongyang	--	10:26
North Korea	No.51	Sinuiju	15:44	17:13
China	No.85	Dandong	16:23	18:18
	K28	Shengyang	22:07	22:24
		Shanhaiguan	02:58	03:04
		Tianjin	06:49	06:55
		Beijing	08:40	-

Note: All the time listed above is local time.

Latest Ticket Fare to Major Stations

	Soft Sleeper	Hard Sleeper
Beijing to Pyongyang
Adults	CNY 1,476	CNY 1,017
Children	CNY 844	CNY 595
Beijing to Sinuiju
Adults	CNY 1,201	CNY 832
Children	CNY 694	CNY 494

Notes: The ticket fare above is for reference only.

How to Buy the Ticket

To get an international railway ticket, an individual passenger needs to book it first either through designated ticket counters at railway stations or from commissioned agencies like TravelChinaGuide.com at most 30 days prior to departure; the ticket is then issued at most 10 days prior. Group passengers can book the tickets at most 60 days ahead of departure and the tickets are printed at most 20 days ahead.

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Basic Information

Actually, the Chinese trains are running daily forth and back between Beijing and Dandong with 14 carriages, including 7 hard sleeper carriages, 4 hard seat carriages, 1 soft sleeper carriage, 1 dining carriage and 1 luggage carriage. On Mondays and Thursdays, when the train from Beijing arriving at Dandong, a soft sleeper carriage and a hard sleeper carriage with international passengers are unloaded and then join onto the locomotive to Pyongyang. When returns back to Dandong from Pyongyang on Wednesdays and Thursedays, they are unloaded and joined back onto the train to Beijing.

So, if passengers are traveling in a hurry and don't want to wait for the departure from Beijing, they can go to Dandong to take this daily train No.95 to Pyongyang. It departs from Dandong at 10:00 and arrives in Pyongyang at 18:07. For passengers travelling in opposite direction, they can take daily train No.85 from Pyongyang to Dandong and then go ahead to Beijing.

Tips

1. Passengers need to apply for a North Korean visa before getting onboard;
2. K27/28 run daily within China between Beijing and Dandong. But only those departing/returning on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays connect Beijing with Pyongyang;
3. North Korean carriages have no soft sleepers while Chinese carriages have both soft sleepers and hard sleepers;
4. Due to lack of electricity, delay happens a lot in North Korea, whose railway system is powered by electricity;
5. Because of border check, the train may stop longer than scheduled in Dandong and Sinuiju;
6. Electronic products with communication function like laptop, radio, MP3 and MP4 are not allowed to bring into North Korea. The prohibited items also include telescope and SLR camera lens with a focal length of over 150mm. Cell phones without GPS are allowed;

Other International Trains between China and nearby Countries

K3/K4: Beijing - Ulaanbaatar - Moscow	K19/K20: Beijing - Manzhouli - Moscow	K23/K24: Beijing - Ulaanbaatar
T8701/T8702: Nanning - Hanoi	4652/4653: Hohhot - Ulaanbaatar	Z5/Z6: Beijing - Hanoi
K7023/K7024: Harbin - Vladivostok	K9795/K9796: Urumqi - Almaty K9797/K9798: Urumqi - Astana	Erlian - Ulaanbaatar

International railways under construction/planning from China to:

- Last updated on Mar. 17, 2026 by Charlotte Qiu -