Hyesan to Songnim-ni runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:25 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €41.04, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 37m over 419 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €41.04, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€41.04
- 180%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Hyesan
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:25First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Departure times on this route
12Go lists the departures it sells between Hyesan and Songnim-ni.
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조선민주주의인민공화국 철도성 runs this service and does not sell it here. 12Go takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €111.99Mon21
- about €101.54Tue22
- about €85.59Wed23
- about €103.19Thu24
- about €103.74Fri25
- about €101.54Sat26
- about €87.79Sun27
- about €60.29Mon28
- about €60.29Tue29
- about €58.09Wed30
- about €91.64Thu1
- about €60.84Fri2
- about €74.04Sat3
- about €58.64Sun4
- about €44.34Mon5
- about €41.04Tue6
- about €53.14Wed7
- about €63.59Thu8
- about €56.99Fri9
- about €63.04Sat10
- about €58.08Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Songnim-ni. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Songnim-ni for the night the train gets in
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When to book Hyesan to Songnim-ni
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €67.9990 days
- €57.5460 days
- €39.9345 days
- €50.3930 days
- €58.0821 days
- €58.6414 days
- €87.797 days
- €85.593 days
- €111.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €39.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 180 percent. The most expensive point is €111.99, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Hyesan to Songnim-ni 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
419 km
364 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
192,680 → 152,425
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
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 419 km against 364 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 P’yŏngsŏng, Tŏkch’ŏn, Sunch’ŏn, Kaech’ŏn. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
Baggage storage near Kindŭng Station
Most of the points near Kindŭng Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Hyesan to Songnim-ni
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Hyesan to Songnim-ni?
The fastest journey from Hyesan to Songnim-ni takes 3h 37m door to door, of which 3h 17m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 50m, 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 Hyesan to Songnim-ni?
The cheapest fare from Hyesan to Songnim-ni is €41.04, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €77.89. 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 Hyesan to Songnim-ni?
The cheapest way from Hyesan to Songnim-ni is by train, at €41.04 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 1m 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 Hyesan to Songnim-ni?
Fares from Hyesan to Songnim-ni bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €39.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 180 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Hyesan to Songnim-ni?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Hyesan to Songnim-ni, at €58.09. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Hyesan to Songnim-ni?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Hyesan to Songnim-ni, at €38.84 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 service from Hyesan to Songnim-ni?
조선민주주의인민공화국 철도성 publish service areas covering both Hyesan and Songnim-ni, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Hyesan to Songnim-ni?
20 percent of the services we sell from Hyesan to Songnim-ni are direct. The rest connect at P’yŏngsŏng, Tŏkch’ŏn, Sunch’ŏn, Kaech’ŏn, with about 62 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 Hyesan to Songnim-ni use?
Services from Hyesan to Songnim-ni by train leave from Hyesan Chongnyon Station and arrive at Kindŭng 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 Hyesan to Songnim-ni?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Hyesan to Songnim-ni 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Hyesan to Songnim-ni on September 20, 2026: 419 km of route against 364 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €41.04, and 3h 37m 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 Songnim-ni is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Songnim-ni and across North Korea
Day trips that leave Songnim-ni in the morning and cover a good part of North Korea by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Hyesan reaches 33 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 102 to 429 km. Songnim-ni reaches 27 places in 1 countries, from 41 to 486 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Hyesan
- 33Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Songnim-ni
Leaving Songnim-ni
- 27Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators