Specifications - North Korea-South Korea Railway

Key Data
Operator	Joint, North and South Korea
Population	70 million (North and South Korea)
Opening date	13 June 2003
Route Details
Gauge	1,435mm (4ft 8.5in)
Lines	1
Length	27.5km (17 miles), of which 4km (2.5 miles) is in the DMZ - most of the new railway is in North Korea
Stations	Two border stations
Passengers carried/year	TBC
Staff	TBC
Rolling Stock
New vehicles	No new stock specified
Current stock	Existing diesel-hauled freight and passenger stock
Special Characteristics
Railway run jointly by North and South Korean railways
Line is operated as self-contained unit
Two stations only, one on each side of border
Railway runs through DMZ of no-mans land
Links South Korea by rail with Europe and Asia
Connects into key Trans-Siberian and Trans-China Railways
Freight is likely to become the major traffic flow
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