Beijing - Pyongyang Trains: K27/ K28

Train No.: Beijing → Pyongyang: K27 (In China), 51 (In North Korea); Pyongyang → Beijing: K28 (In China), 52 (In North Korea)
Departure: 17:27 from Beijing Railway Station every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday; 09:55 from Pyongyang Railway Station every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
Arrival: 18:15 in Pyongyang the second day; 08:38 in Beijing the second day
Duration: 24 hours and 48 minutes for China to North Korea train K27/ 51; 22 hours and 43 minutes for North Korea to China train K28/ 52
Passing by: China, North Korea
Length: 1,364 kilometers (848 miles)
Operator: China Beijing Railway Bureau, Korean State Railway of North Korea
 

Stations	Arrival	Departure
Beijing	---	17:27
Shenyang	03:18	03:40
Dandong	07:22	10:00
Sinuiju	10:40	12:39
Pyongyang	18:15	---

 Kind Reminder:
1. The schedule was followed before the suspension of the trains in 2020.
2. Please make sure your visa for North Korea is valid when passing through the China-North Korea border.
 

Stations	Arrival	Departure
Pyongyang	---	09:55
Sinuiju	15:02	16:43
Dandong	16:23	18:31
Shenyang	22:07	22:24
Beijing	08:38	---

Note: All the time listed above is local time.
 

Note: Group tickets are only available for groups with at least six group members.
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  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;
7. In addition to K27, passengers can also go to Dandong to take another daily train No.98 to Pyongyang. It departs from Dandong at 10:00 and arrives in Pyongyang at 15:30.

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