Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:25 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €17.94, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 57m over 169 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €17.94, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€17.94
- 217%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Pongch’ŏn-ŭp
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:25First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
조선민주주의인민공화국 철도성 runs this service and does not sell it here. 12Go takes the payment.
Buying this journey
12Go lists departures for Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €48.19Sat19
- about €48.74Sun20
- about €32.79Mon21
- about €34.99Tue22
- about €29.49Wed23
- about €44.89Thu24
- about €36.64Fri25
- about €35.54Sat26
- about €32.79Sun27
- about €27.29Mon28
- about €27.84Tue29
- about €27.83Wed30
- about €38.29Thu1
- about €21.79Fri2
- about €29.48Sat3
- about €21.24Sun4
- about €23.98Mon5
- about €17.94Tue6
- about €22.34Wed7
- about €28.39Thu8
- about €23.99Fri9
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Sunch’ŏn. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Sunch’ŏn for the night the train gets in
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When to book Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.5490 days
- €15.1960 days
- €17.3945 days
- €23.4430 days
- €23.9921 days
- €21.7914 days
- €36.647 days
- €32.793 days
- €48.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 217 percent. The dearest point is €48.19, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
169 km
147 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
79,740 → 437,000
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 169 km against 147 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Man’gyŏngdae-ri, Sariwŏn-si, Pyongyang, Sinwŏn-ŭp. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Unsan Station
Most of the points near Unsan Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn?
The fastest journey from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn takes 1h 57m door to door, of which 1h 14m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 2m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn?
The cheapest fare from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn is €17.94, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €32.79. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn?
The cheapest way from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn is by train, at €17.94 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 1h 58m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn?
Fares from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €15.19. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 217 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn?
Friday is the cheapest day to depart from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn, at €23.99. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 18 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn, at €16.84 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn?
No operator record names Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn directly. 조선민주주의인민공화국 철도성 publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn?
20 percent of the services we sell from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn are direct. The rest connect at Man’gyŏngdae-ri, Sariwŏn-si, Pyongyang, Sinwŏn-ŭp, with about 49 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn use?
Services from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn by train leave from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp station and arrive at Unsan Station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Pongch’ŏn-ŭp to Sunch’ŏn on 18 September 2026: 169 km of route against 147 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €17.94, and 1h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Sunch’ŏn is somebody else's catalogue.
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The two ends, compared
Pongch’ŏn-ŭp reaches 8 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 157 km. Sunch’ŏn reaches 34 places in 2 countries, from 45 to 698 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Pongch’ŏn-ŭp
- 8Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Sunch’ŏn
Leaving Sunch’ŏn
- 34Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 1Operators