BEIJING: Passenger train service between China and North Korea is set to resume on Thursday, six years after it was suspended in 2020 due to the <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/who-regrets-us-notification-of-withdrawal-rejects-accusations-over-covid19-response" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Covid-19 pandemic</a>, travel operators told AFP. The service will be open to Chinese people working and studying in <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/north-korea-says-willing-to-get-along-with-us-if-acknowledged-as-nuclear-power" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">North Korea</a>, as well as North Koreans working, studying and visiting family abroad, according travel agents for official ticketing booths in Beijing and Dandong. Tourists will not yet be eligible to buy tickets. &quot;It&#39;s great to see the international train service resuming,&quot; Rowan Beard, tours manager at Young Pioneer Tours, told AFP on Tuesday. He confirmed his company, one of several firms that specialize in travel to North Korea, would also be able to book tickets running from Thursday. &quot;While it isn&#39;t initially intended for tourists, it will provide another travel option once tourism to North Korea eventually returns, serving as an alternative to flying.&quot; Train journeys between the two countries were halted in 2020 as they imposed strict measures against the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Last year, direct flights and train services resumed between North Korea and Russia, as the two have pulled closer since the outbreak of the <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/russia-ukraine-to-exchange-500-pows-on-march-56-negotiator" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">war in Ukraine</a>.

A cargo train crossing the DPRK-China Friendship bridge from Dandong to Sinuiju in July 2020. (NK News)

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The service will target Chinese workers and students in North Korea, as well as North Koreans abroad for work, study or family visits.

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China-North Korea trains to resume after six-year halt: travel agents

China-North Korea trains to resume after six-year halt: travel agents