What are the trains and planes like? Are they safe?
First the trains; there are 4 international trains a week between Beijing and Pyongyang and back again, 2 are Chinese and 2 are Korean, they are more or less the same. There is only one class of accommodation available for the 24 hour journey and that is soft sleeper class meaning 4 beds to each cabin, 12 cabins to each carriage. Each carriage has 2 western style toilets and a samovar for boiling water available for the whole trip. The trains are safe and although the 2 international carriages are attached to a very large local train when in China, only the international passengers can get into the international carriages so there is nobody wandering around who shouldn’t be. Note that there is not a passenger train to Vladivostok at the time of writing, this service has been suspended Since 2008 Air China has operated a service between Pyongyang and Beijing and for independent tours you are welcome to use these, however we prefer to use the Air Koryo fleet. Travelling Air Koryo means y
