Songnim-ni to Hyesan train

Trains from Songnim-ni to Hyesan start at €41.04 and take 3h 59m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Songnim-ni to Hyesan starts at €41.04 and takes 3h 59m door to door, run by 1 operator over 419 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 59mDoor to door
  • 3h 15mMoving
  • €58.64 to €111.99From
  • 06:25 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 13.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€58.64 to €111.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Songnim-ni and Hyesan.

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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

  1. about €111.99Mon21
  2. about €103.19Tue22
  3. about €85.59Wed23
  4. about €102.09Thu24
  5. about €96.59Fri25
  6. about €93.84Sat26
  7. about €104.84Sun27
  8. about €63.04Mon28
  9. about €66.89Tue29
  10. about €61.39Wed30
  11. about €91.64Thu1
  12. about €60.84Fri2
  13. about €76.24Sat3
  14. about €58.64Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€41.04
  1. 조선민주주의인민공화국 철도성 S-733106:253h 15m09:40Kindŭng StationHyesan Chongnyon Station

Door to door 3h 59mCO2 13.8 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

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€41.043h 37m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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A hotel room

A room in Hyesan for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Songnim-ni to Hyesan

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

  1. €66.3490 days
  2. €52.0360 days
  3. €43.2445 days
  4. €50.9430 days
  5. €60.8421 days
  6. €58.6414 days
  7. €104.847 days
  8. €85.593 days
  9. €111.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €43.24.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 159 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.
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. €60.84Sun
  2. €63.04Mon
  3. €66.89Tue
  4. €61.39Wed
  5. €91.64Thu
  6. €60.84Fri
  7. €76.24Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Songnim-ni

Rail
  • Kindŭng Station
  • Songrim Chongnyeon Station

Hyesan

Rail
  • Hyesan Chongnyon Station
  • Insan Station
  • Hwajon Station
The journey

What the journey looks like

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, Sunch’ŏn, Tŏkch’ŏn, Kaech’ŏn. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Songnim-ni at 06:25 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 Songnim-ni to Hyesan

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 Songnim-ni to Hyesan take?

The Train from Songnim-ni to Hyesan takes 3h 59m door to door, of which 3h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 419 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 Songnim-ni to Hyesan cost?

The Train from Songnim-ni to Hyesan starts at €41.04 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €50.94. 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 Songnim-ni to Hyesan?

1 operators run the Train from Songnim-ni to Hyesan: 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 Songnim-ni to Hyesan use?

The Train from Songnim-ni to Hyesan leaves from Kindŭng Station and arrives at Hyesan 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 Songnim-ni to Hyesan?

Fares for the Train from Songnim-ni to Hyesan bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €43.24. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 159 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Songnim-ni to Hyesan produce?

The Train from Songnim-ni to Hyesan produces about 13.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 419 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 Songnim-ni to Hyesan?

Operators on the Train from Songnim-ni to Hyesan publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 59m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Songnim-ni to Hyesan 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 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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