South Korea completes 18-day inspection of North's railway

摘要

FOR the first time in a decade, a train crossed the border from South to North Korea on November 30 2018 as South Korean engineers embarked on an 18-day inspection of the north's railway infrastructure, a key step in a plan to reconnect the two countries' railways. The train with a sign reading "Seoul to Sinuiju" was due to cover around 2600km, inspecting infrastructure on the 400km Gyeongui line from Gaesong to Sinuiji until December 5, and then the 800km Donghae Line from Mount Geumgang to Tumen River from December 8 until December 17. The trip was the first time a train from the south had travelled on this section since the Korean peninsula was divided in 1945.