NYTimes: For First Time in a Decade, a South Korean Train Rolls Into the North

[cteno4]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/world/asia/north-korea-train-south.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

Officials and engineers from both Koreas will spend 18 days on the six-car train, riding the North’s decrepit rail network and considering how it could be improved.

 

Jeff

[katoftw]

Um?  Don't rail services go into the Karsong Industrial Park?

[Socimi]

4 minutes ago, katoftw said:

Um?  Don't rail services go into the Karsong Industrial Park?

 

They did, but were suspended a couple of years after their introduction. 

 

Edit:

 

I can already see Hyundai-Rotem developing a multivoltage (DPRK 3Kv DC - ROK 25Kv AC) electric locomotive. 

Edited November 30, 2018 by Socimi

[ConnieCommie]

"improved" is gonna mean "prepped for western industry to strip-mine NK" - mark my words.