Pyongyang to Chongjin train

Trains from Pyongyang to Chongjin start at €70.19 and take 4h 24m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Pyongyang to Chongjin starts at €70.19 and takes 4h 24m door to door, run by 1 operator over 527 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 24mDoor to door
  • 3h 40mMoving
  • €70.19From
  • 17.4 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€61.93
  1. 조선민주주의인민공화국 철도성 S-523507:303h 40m11:10Pyongyang StationRyongdong Station
  2. 조선민주주의인민공화국 철도성 S-591412:3138m13:09Ryongdong StationChongjin Chongnyon Station

Changes at Hwasŏng, with 81 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 23mCO2 17.7 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€87.79
  1. 조선민주주의인민공화국 철도성 S-336506:333h 40m10:13Pyongyang StationChongjin Chongnyon Station

Door to door 4h 24mCO2 17.4 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
조선민주주의인민공화국 철도성€64.144h 21m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Chongjin. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

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Booking window

When to book Pyongyang to Chongjin

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €73.4990 days
  2. €44.3460 days
  3. €54.7945 days
  4. €63.5830 days
  5. €64.1421 days
  6. €81.7314 days
  7. €82.847 days
  8. €91.643 days
  9. €144.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €44.34.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 227 percent. The most expensive point is €144.99, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €88.34Sun
  2. €78.99Mon
  3. €83.94Tue
  4. €70.19Wed
  5. €103.74Thu
  6. €81.73Fri
  7. €96.04Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Pyongyang

Rail
  • Pyongyang Station
  • Sopyongyang Station
  • Tongpyongyang Station

Chongjin

Rail
  • Chongjin Chongnyon Station
  • Banjuk Station
  • Susong Station
The journey

What the journey actually 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 527 km against 458 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 Hamhŭng, Sunch’ŏn, Tŏkch’ŏn, Hwasŏng. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Pyongyang at 06:33 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Pyongyang to Chongjin

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 the Train from Pyongyang to Chongjin take?

The Train from Pyongyang to Chongjin takes 4h 24m door to door, of which 3h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 527 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Pyongyang to Chongjin cost?

The Train from Pyongyang to Chongjin starts at €70.19 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €66.34. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Pyongyang to Chongjin?

1 operators run the Train from Pyongyang to Chongjin: 조선민주주의인민공화국 철도성. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Pyongyang to Chongjin use?

The Train from Pyongyang to Chongjin leaves from Pyongyang Station and arrives at Chongjin Chongnyon Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Pyongyang to Chongjin?

Fares for the Train from Pyongyang to Chongjin bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €44.34. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 227 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Pyongyang to Chongjin produce?

The Train from Pyongyang to Chongjin produces about 17.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 527 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Pyongyang to Chongjin?

Operators on the Train from Pyongyang to Chongjin publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 24m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

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.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Pyongyang to Chongjin on September 11, 2026: 527 km of route against 458 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €70.19, and 4h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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