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Pyongyang Metro System
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Pyongyang, the North Korean Capitol is one of the
quietest cities on the planet, due to the near total absence of
automobiles. Pyongyang’s public system consists of a light
Rail System, Trolley - buses, and two subway lines.
"The subway stations are extremely deep, modeled
on the Moscow system. With their triple blast doors, they are designed
to be used as bomb shelters. The stations are true showplaces, with art
work and rousing names like “Reconstruction” and
“Victory.””
Above Paragraph From:
Letter
from Pyongyang | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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North Korean SUV?
Photo
courtesy Thomas St. John
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European Built
Trolley Running on Pyongyang' Light Rail System
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Pyongyang's original trolley system was built under
Japanese occupation, It opened May 20th 1923. Pyongyang's
original tramway closed during the Korean War. Trolley / Light Rail
service returned to the city on Kim Il Sung’s 79th birthday
in 1991. The system uses a variety of European Cars |
North Korea's
Indigenous (Scratch Built) Trolley-Bus
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"The
bodies of trolley buses were made manually since, apparently, at the
Pyongyang trolley bus factory there were no hydraulic presses large
enough. The necessary shaping of sheet metal was achieved by hammering,
and thus the surface was covered with dents and holes. Electricity
wiring was tacked to trolley bus ceiling were extended directly on the
ceiling while its plywood plates often hung and flapped above
passengers' heads. It should be said, however, that the backward
technologies were partly compensated for by diligent and persistent
labor. For example, these badly made trolley buses were kept spotlessly
clean"
By Andrei Lankov in
PYONGYANG AND ITS PEOPLE (NOTES OF A SOVIET STUDENT)
Supposedly,
for every 50,000 kilometers it travels, a bus in Pyongyang has a red
star painted on its side. Some buses are completely covered with red
stars (although I don't see any Red Stars on this one).
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N.K. Rapid Transit
& N. Korean Culture Links
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| Propaganda Posters Recently Released by
The North Korean Central News Agency (below) |
Other North Korea
Related Links
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Unlike other Asian countries, North Korea eschewed bicycles for
decades. Only recently have they been allowed, and only now are they
beginning to become a major mode of transportation. Most people walk or
wait for public transit.
above
paraphrased from:
Letter
from Pyongyang | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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North
Korean Rapid Transit Page & Propaganda Posters from the North Korean Central News Agency
