Beside domestic routes, international trains link Pyongyang with the Chinese capital Beijing four times weekly (24 hours)[2] and the Chinese city of Dandong, located on the adjacent bank of the Yalu River.

[3] Trains do connect Pyongyang with Moscow, however due to chronic delays these are off-limits to foreigners.

[4] There are presently no scheduled trains to Seoul (about 250 km (155 mi) away), due to the separation of the two Koreas.

[5] During the Korean War, the original structure was destroyed and later on rebuilt in 1958[6] in the style of socialist architecture.

[6] The ground level houses a ticket desk exclusively for government employees.