:Pyongyang Metro

Construction of the metro network started in 1965, and stations were opened between 1969 and 1972 by Supreme Leader Kim Il Sung.{{cite web|url=http://cafe306.daum.net/_c21_/bbs_search_read?grpid=3LY&fldid=ANo&contentval=002VYzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz&nenc=&fenc=&q=&nil_profile=cafetop&nil_menu=sch_updw|script-title=ko:철도동호회 - 조선국 평양지하철도|script-work=ko:Daum 카페|access-date=22 December 2011|archive-date=10 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710184552/http://cafe306.daum.net/_c21_/bbs_search_read?grpid=3LY&fldid=ANo&contentval=002VYzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz&nenc=&fenc=&q=&nil_profile=cafetop&nil_menu=sch_updw|url-status=live|language=ko}} Most of the 16 public stations were built in the 1970s, except for the two most grandiose stations—Puhŭng and Yŏnggwang, which were constructed in 1987. According to NK News sources, a construction accident in 1971 killed tens if not hundreds of laborers, forcing the rerouting of the metro so it would not cross the Taedong River.

China had provided technical aid for the metro's construction, sending experts to install equipment made in China, including electrical equipment made in Xiangtan, Hunan{{cite web|script-title=zh:湘潭电机股份有限公司地铁产品|url=http://www.xemc.com.cn/xemc/dj/Pages.aspx?channel=426|website=Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Company Limited|access-date=15 February 2016|archive-date=23 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223043106/http://www.xemc.com.cn/xemc/dj/Pages.aspx?channel=426|url-status=live|language=zh}} and the escalator with vertical height of 64 m made by Shanghai Seleva.{{cite news|last1=罗菁|script-title=zh:申城38年援建国外198个成套项目 平壤地铁电梯为沪产|url=http://sh.eastday.com/m/20141031/u1a8419670.html|access-date=15 February 2016|agency=东方网|date=31 October 2014|archive-date=1 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301211111/http://sh.eastday.com/m/20141031/u1a8419670.html|url-status=live|language=zh}}{{cite book|last1=李永林主编|year=1995 |script-title=zh:《吉林省志·卷三十三·对外经贸志》|isbn=7206022952|pages=444–445|publisher=吉林人民出版社 |language=zh}}

Pyongyang Metro is among the deepest metros in the world, with the track at over {{convert|110|m|ft}} deep underground; the metro does not have any above-ground track segments or stations. Due to the depth of the metro and the lack of outside segments, its stations can double as bomb shelters, with blast doors in place at hallways.{{Cite web | title = I was part of the first group of outsiders allowed to ride the entire North Korean subway system — here's what I saw | last = Davies | first = Elliott | work = Business Insider | date = 16 April 2016 | access-date = 17 April 2016 | url = https://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-metro-photos-2016-4?op=1 | archive-date = 19 September 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919192535/https://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-metro-photos-2016-4?r=UK | url-status = live }}{{cite web|url=http://news.163.com/07/0731/09/3KNIJS0O00011SM9_2.html|script-title=zh:平壤的表情：你不知道的朝鲜|language=zh|publisher=Netease|date=July 31, 2007|access-date=15 August 2007|archive-date=19 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519102718/http://news.163.com/07/0731/09/3KNIJS0O00011SM9_2.html|url-status=live}} It takes three and a half minutes from the ground to the platform by escalator. The metro is so deep that the temperature of the platform maintains a constant {{convert|18|C|F}} all year.{{cite news|last1=任力波|script-title=zh:平壤地铁 站台内常年保持18摄氏度恒温|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2005-02/17/content_2587767_1.htm|access-date=15 February 2016|agency=Xinhua|date=17 February 2005|archive-date=23 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223041646/http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2005-02/17/content_2587767_1.htm|url-status=dead|language=zh}} The Saint Petersburg Metro also claims to be the deepest, based on the average depth of all its stations. The Hongyancun station on Chongqing Rail Transit's Line 9 is currently the deepest station in the world at {{convert|116|m|ft}}. The deepest heavy rail station in the world is the Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon railway station, located {{cvt|80|m}} underground. The Porta Alpina railway station, located above the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland, was supposed to be {{cvt|800|m}} underground, but the project was indefinitely shelved in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://news.discovery.com/tech/worlds-largest-tunnel-drilled-under-swiss-alps.htm|title=World's Longest Tunnel Drilled Under Swiss Alps|work=DNews|access-date=26 December 2013|archive-date=17 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217113453/http://news.discovery.com/tech/worlds-largest-tunnel-drilled-under-swiss-alps.htm|url-status=live}}

The system was initially electrified at 825 volts, but lowered down to 750 volts to support operation of the Class GI sets. However, this conflicts with the documentation on the DK4 sets, which uses 750 volts with a +20% and a -38% tolerance.{{Cite journal|title=DK4型地下铁道电动客车 (上)|trans-title=DK4 metro set (part 1)|journal=铁道车辆|volume=1982/8|pages=42}}

A 1999 KBS news broadcast stated that two lines were under construction, with line 3 to run from Kwangbok station to Mangyongdae, while the location of line 4 was unknown. The two lines were to open for the 55th Party Foundation Day.{{Cite web|title=평양 지하철 증설공사|url=https://mn.kbs.co.kr/mobile/news/view.do?ncd=3800956|access-date=2021-10-26|website=KBS 뉴스|language=ko}}

In 2012, Korean Central Television released renders of a new station bearing the name Mangyongdae displayed at the Pyongyang Architectural Festival.{{Cite web|title=Pyongyang — Underground — New stations|url=https://transphoto.org/articles/6035/|access-date=2020-10-13|website=transphoto.org}}

In 2018, NK News claimed that there would be possible extensions to the metro system, with anonymous sources claiming activity to the west of Kwangbok Station. Commercial satellite imagery revealed only one structure under construction, and it speculated an absence of announcements from state media was due to funding issues, as well as due to the 1970s tunneling accidents.{{cite news|work=NK News|archive-date=December 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211163259/https://www.nknews.org/2018/04/north-korea-extending-pyongyang-metro-system-sources-say/|url=https://www.nknews.org/2018/04/north-korea-extending-pyongyang-metro-system-sources-say/|date=April 25, 2018|title=North Korea extending Pyongyang metro system, sources say|last=O'Carroll|first=Chad}}

In 2019, Kaeson station and Moranbong station were modernised,{{Cite web |title=Pyongyang Metro stations undergo renovation |url=http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/?bbs=34969 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208144902/http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/?bbs=34969 |archive-date=8 February 2021}} adding TVs that show the next service and brighter lighting. This was followed by Jonu station and Chonsung station in 2020.{{Cite web|title=Underground Pyongyang Is Getting Young|url=https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/|access-date=2020-07-08|website=KCNA Watch|language=en-US|archive-date=9 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709105236/https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/|url-status=live}} The TVs can also display a digital version of the Rodong Sinmun.

At the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, it was announced to push forward on the updating and renovation of the Pyongyang Metro, along with the production of new-type subway trains.{{Cite web|title=Great programme for struggle leading Korean-style socialist construction to fresh victory: On report made by Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un at Eighth Congress of WPK|agency=KCNA|url=http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/?bbs=36889|access-date=2021-01-14|website=The Pyongyang Times|archive-date=10 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110144826/http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/?bbs=36889|url-status=dead}}

The Pyongyang Metro was designed to operate every few minutes. During rush hour, the trains can operate at a minimum interval of two minutes. The trains have the ability to play music and other recordings.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee2EBntoZ60 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/Ee2EBntoZ60 |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=One minute riding the Pyongyang metro to the tune of Rossini's "il barbiere di siviglia"|date=25 April 2014|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} In current service, they run at every 3 minutes in rush hour and every 5 minutes throughout the day. It operates from 5:30 am to 11:30 pm.{{Cite web |date=1994-01-11 |title=평양 대중교통/전차 재등장 24시간 운행(북한경제) |url=https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/legacy/legacy_general/L290118.html |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=www.hani.co.kr |language=ko |archive-date=1 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401225349/https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/legacy/legacy_general/L290118.html |url-status=dead }}

The Pyongyang Metro is the cheapest in the world to ride, at only five North Korean won (worth half of a US cent) per ticket.{{cite news|last=Hooi|first=Ng Si|title=A world of its own|url=http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2008/9/6/lifetravel/1909434&sec=lifetravel|newspaper=The Star (Malaysia)|date=September 6, 2008|access-date=19 September 2020|archive-date=14 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014164445/http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F9%2F6%2Flifetravel%2F1909434&sec=lifetravel|url-status=live}} Instead of paper tickets, the Metro previously used an aluminium token, with the emblem of the Metro minted on it and the Korean "{{lang|ko|지}}". It has used a paper ticket system, with "{{lang|ko|지}}" printed with blue ink on it.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:平壌地下鉄|url=http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetro.html|access-date=2020-10-13|website=2427junction.com|language=ja}} Tickets are bought at station booths. Nowadays, the network uses contactless cards that feature the logo of the network and a train set on the front, with the terms and conditions on the other side. Gates display the number of trips remaining on the card, with a trip being a tap on entry and exit. Smoking and eating inside the Metro system is prohibited and is punishable by a large fine.

The Pyongyang Metro network consists of two lines:

• {{color box|red}} Chollima Line, named after a winged horse from ancient Korean mythology. It spans about {{convert|12|km|mi}}. Construction started in 1968, and the line opened on September 6, 1973. The total route contains the Puhung, Yonggwang, Ponghwa, Sŭngni, Moranbong, Kaeson, Jonu, and Pulgunbyol stations.
• {{color box|#008008}} Hyŏksin Line, which literally means renewal, spans about {{convert|10|km|mi}}. Regular service started on October 9, 1975. The route contains the Kwangbok, Konguk, Hwanggumbol, Konsol, Hyoksin, Jonsung, Samhung, and Rakwon stations. The closed Kwangmyong station is located between the Samhung and Rakwon stations.

The two lines have a linking track, located somewhere near Jonsung station.{{Cite web|title=平壌地下鉄 革新線|url=http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyanghs.html|access-date=2021-05-05|website=2427junction.com}}

Most metro stations bear reference to nearby features, with Kaesŏn Station ("Triumph station") being located at the Arch of Triumph, Yonggwang station located near Yonggwang street, Sungni station at Sungni street.{{Cite web|title=平壌地下鉄 千里馬線|url=http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangcl.html|access-date=2021-10-26|website=2427junction.com}}

The network runs entirely underground. The design of the network was based on metro networks in other communist countries, in particular the Moscow Metro.{{cite book|title= Korea: North-South nuclear issues : hearing before the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, second session, July 25, 1990|year= 1991|publisher= U.S. G.P.O|page= 85}} Both networks share many characteristics, such as the great depth of the lines (over {{Convert|100|m}}) and the large distances between stations. Another common feature is the Socialist realist art on display in the stations - such as murals and statues.{{cite book|last= Ishikawa|first= Shō|title= The country aglow with Juche: North Korea as seen by a journalist|year= 1988|publisher= Foreign languages Pub. House|page= 65}} Staff of the Metro have a military-style uniform that is specific to these workers. Each Metro station has a free toilet for use by patrons. Stations also play state radio-broadcasts and have a display of the Rodong Sinmun newspaper.

In times of war, the metro stations can serve as bomb shelters.{{cite book|last= Robinson|first= Martin|title= Korea|url= https://archive.org/details/koreakore00robi|url-access= registration|year= 2007|publisher= Lonely Planet|isbn= 978-1-74104-558-1|author2= Bartlett, Ray |author3= Whyte Rob |page= [https://archive.org/details/koreakore00robi/page/364 364]}} For this purpose the stations are fitted with large steel doors.{{cite book|last= Springer|first= Chris|title= Pyongyang: the hidden history of the North Korean capital|year= 2003|publisher= Entente Bt|isbn= 978-963-00-8104-7|page= 125}} Some sources claim that large military installations are connected to the stations,{{cite news|last= Min|first= Park Hyun|title= Pyongyang Subway Submerged in Water|url= http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00400&num=2546|newspaper= Daily NK|date= August 20, 2007|access-date= 20 April 2009|archive-date= 11 December 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171211184634/http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00400&num=2546|url-status= live}} and also that there exist secret lines solely for government use.{{cite news|title= Kim Jong-il 'Has Secret Underground Escape Route'|url= http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/12/09/2009120900263.html|newspaper= The Chosun Ilbo|date= March 1, 2011|access-date= 28 February 2011|archive-date= 11 March 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110311071718/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/12/09/2009120900263.html|url-status= live}}

One station, Kwangmyŏng, has been closed since 1995 due to the mausoleum of Kim Il-sung being located at that station. Trains do not stop at that station.

The map of the Hyŏksin line shows two additional stations after Kwangbok: Yŏngung ({{korean|영웅|labels=no}}) and Ch'ilgol ({{korean|칠골|labels=no}}), both of them reportedly under development. The map of the Chollima Line, on the other hand, shows four additional stations, two at each end of the line—Ryŏnmot ({{korean|련못|labels=no}}), Sŏp'o ({{korean|서포|labels=no}}), Ch'ŏngch'un ({{korean|청춘|labels=no}}) and Man'gyŏngdae ({{korean|만경대|labels=no}})—also planned or under development. However, the most recent maps omit these stations. The Chollima line is already connected to the State Railway Sopo station on the way to the metro depot, and plans of the metro seem to suggest that the non-commercial segment of this line would be eventually part of the metro system. However, the current tunnel exit does not allow for this, as this segment does not have third rail electrification, and is locomotive hauled by the GKD5B shunters and would require negotiating a switchback.

In addition to the main system for passenger use, there is allegedly an extra system for government use, similar to Moscow's Metro-2. The secret Pyongyang system supposedly connects important government locations.{{cite web|title=The Pyongyang Metro: Statistics|url=http://www.pyongyang-metro.com/metrostats.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130191827/http://www.pyongyang-metro.com/metrostats.html|archive-date=30 January 2016|access-date=13 June 2016|work=pyongyang-metro.com|df=dmy-all}} There is also reportedly a massive underground plaza for mobilization, as well as an underground road connecting two metro stations.{{cite web | title= Mammoth Underground Square and Road in Pyongyang |publisher= Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea | archive-date= 2005-02-07 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050207124731/http://www.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200107/200107220170.html |url= http://www.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200107/200107220170.html | access-date= 2016-06-13}}

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When operations on the Metro started in the 1970s, newly built DK4 passenger cars were used, made for North Korea by the Chinese firm Changchun Railway Vehicles.

Some of the Chinese-made rolling stock have been observed operating near the Sinuiju area and northern regions.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:平壌地下鉄－車両紹介|url=http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetrocar.html|access-date=2020-07-19|website=2427junction.com|archive-date=20 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720035630/http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetrocar.html|url-status=live|language=ja}}

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Since 1997, the Pyongyang Metro has mainly used former German rolling stock from the Berlin U-Bahn.{{Cite web|date=January 29, 2019|title=The Pyongyang Metro {{!}} North Korea Travel Guide|url=https://koryogroup.com/travel-guide/north-korea-guide-the-pyongyang-metro|access-date=August 18, 2021|website=Koryo Tours}}

The former Berlin trainsets were given a new red and cream livery in Pyongyang. All advertising was removed and replaced by portraits of leaders, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. In 2000, a BBC reporter saw "old East German trains complete with their original German graffiti".{{cite web | author=Lister, Richard | title=Life in Pyongyang | publisher=BBC News | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/995692.stm | date=October 8, 2000 | access-date=9 October 2006 | archive-date=7 November 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107062808/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/995692.stm | url-status=live }} Koryo Tours in another article write about and show the old West-Berlin D-trains, suggesting that the BBC article could have mixing them up with the Class GI of East Berlin. After about 2006, Type D cars were mainly used. The Class GI rolling stock has been banned from underground tunnel operations due to frequent control stand fires and was withdrawn from Metro service in 2001, and those cars are now operating on the railway network around Pyongyang and northern regions as commuter trains.{{cite web| title=Metro News| publisher=pyongyangmetro.com| url=http://www.pyongyangmetro.com/metronews.html| year=2006| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928201240/http://www.pyongyangmetro.com/metronews.html| archive-date=28 September 2007| df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|title=Photo: Anju — S-bahn; Pyongyang — Underground — Cars|url=https://transphoto.org/photo/638543/|access-date=2020-10-23|website=transphoto.org}} One Type D metro car appears to have been converted into a departmental vehicle, with a subsequently installed second driver's cab at the car's back next to the inter carriage door. The metro car is painted in yellow with red warning trims.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:平壌地下鉄－D型|url=http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetroc3.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721012907/http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetroc3.html|archive-date=21 July 2020|access-date=2020-07-19|website=2427junction.com|language=ja}}

In 2015, Kim Jong Un rode a newly manufactured four car train set which was reported to have been developed and built at Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works in North Korea,{{cite web |author=North Korea Leadership Watch |url=https://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/kim-jong-un-rides-the-py-subway/ |title=Kim Jong Un Rides the PY Subway |date=19 November 2015 |access-date=12 December 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190324/https://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/kim-jong-un-rides-the-py-subway/ |url-status=live }} although the cars appeared to be significantly renovated D-class cars. This set is named 'Underground Electric Vehicle No. 1'. It features a VVVF control and initially fitted with an asynchronous motor but later replaced with a permanent magnet synchronous motor developed by the Kim Chaek University of Technology. It usually runs on the Chollima Line but has also run on the Hyoksin Line.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:平壌地下鉄－地下電動車1号（100形）|url=http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetroc4.html|access-date=2020-09-09|website=2427junction.com|archive-date=20 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720040545/http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetroc4.html|url-status=live|language=ja}}

As a gift to the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, it is reported that the Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works are working to complete new metro cars, promoted by the 80 day campaign.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=11 December 2020|script-title=ko:지하전동차생산이 마감단계에서 추진되고있다|trans-title=Underground electric vehicle production is being promoted at the closing stage.|url=https://dprktoday.com/news/49529|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220000000/https://dprktoday.com/news/49529|archive-date=2020-12-20|access-date=2020-12-20|website=dprktoday.com|language=ko}} [https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1607760147-871443616/%ec%a7%80%ed%95%98%ec%a0%84%eb%8f%99%ec%b0%a8%ec%83%9d%ec%82%b0%ec%9d%b4-%eb%a7%88%ea%b0%90%eb%8b%a8%ea%b3%84%ec%97%90%ec%84%9c-%ec%b6%94%ec%a7%84%eb%90%98%ea%b3%a0%ec%9e%88%eb%8b%a4/ Alt URL]. However, in the Korean Central News Agency article summarising the eighty day campaign, there was no mention of any new vehicles being produced.{{Cite web|title=KCNA reports on successful conclusion of 80-day campaign|agency=KCNA|url=http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/?bbs=36794|access-date=2021-01-18|website=The Pyongyang Times}} Previously, it was reported that a 4-door set was to be manufactured to mainly run on the Hyoksin line, to be named Underground Electric Vehicle No. 2. Another news report stated that Kim Chong-tae Locomotive Works was organising the serial production of the Underground Electric Vehicle Type 1 for the 80 day campaign and mentioned the construction of the car body. However, although this was a goal of the 80 day campaign, a new set has yet to be built.{{Cite web|title=김종태전기기관차련합기업소 지하전동차생산 마감단계에서 추진|url=http://arirangmeari.com/index.php?t=news&no=15433|access-date=2021-09-01|website=arirangmeari.com|archive-date=5 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005154111/http://arirangmeari.com/index.php?t=news&no=15433|url-status=dead}}

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{{multiple image|image1=Pyongyang metro station 1.jpg|image2=Pyongyang Metro Ceiling.jpg|footer=Before 2010, tourists were only allowed to travel between Puhŭng Station (left) and Yŏnggwang Station (right), sparking a conspiracy theory that the two stations comprised the entire system.}}

In general, tourism in North Korea is allowed only in guided groups with no diversion allowed from pre-planned itineraries. Foreign tourists used to be allowed to travel only between Puhŭng Station and Yŏnggwang Station.{{cite book|last=Burdick|first=Eddie|title=Three Days in the Hermit Kingdom: An American Visits North Korea|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-4898-2|page=57}} However, foreign students were allowed to freely use the entire metro system.{{Cite book|author = Abt, Felix | title=A Capitalist in North Korea: My Seven Years in the Hermit Kingdom| publisher = Tuttle Publishing| year = 2014 | pages = 226 | isbn = 9780804844390 }} Since 2010, tourists have been allowed to ride the metro at six stations,{{cite web|url=http://testroete.com/northkorea.html|title=North Korea|work=testroete.com|access-date=31 December 2011|archive-date=7 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107231845/http://testroete.com/northkorea.html|url-status=live}} and in 2014, all of the metro stations were opened to foreigners. University students traveling with the Pyongyang Project have also reported visiting every station.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_N_Lc6tjI0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/P_N_Lc6tjI0 |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Pyongyang metro - 6 stops visited in April 2014|date=25 April 2014|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

{{As of|2014}}, it is possible for tourists on special Public Transport Tours to take metro rides through both lines, including visits to all stations.{{cite web|url=http://www.pyongyang-travel.com/public-transport-tours.html|title=Public Transport Tours - Information Page|author=Pyongyang Travel|work=pyongyang-travel.com|access-date=14 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415094545/http://www.pyongyang-travel.com/public-transport-tours.html|archive-date=15 April 2014|url-status=dead}} In April 2014, the first tourist group visited stations on both metro lines, and it is expected that such extended visits to both metro lines will remain possible for future tourist groups.{{cite web|url=http://www.nknews.org/2014/05/tour-companies-granted-unique-access-to-pyongyang-metro/|title=Tourists granted rare access to nearly all stations on Pyongyang metro network|work=nknews.org|date=2 May 2014|access-date=2 May 2014|archive-date=2 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502230405/http://www.nknews.org/2014/05/tour-companies-granted-unique-access-to-pyongyang-metro/|url-status=live}}

The previously limited tourist access gave rise to a conspiracy theory that the metro was purely for show. It was claimed that it only consisted of two stops and that the passengers were actors.{{cite news |url=http://travel.cnn.com/touring-north-korea-whats-real-whats-fake-487216 |title=Touring North Korea: What's real, what's fake? |author=Kate Whitehead |newspaper=CNN |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=21 September 2014 |archive-date=24 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924041304/http://travel.cnn.com/touring-north-korea-whats-real-whats-fake-487216 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.nknews.org/2014/05/tour-companies-granted-unique-access-to-pyongyang-metro/ |title=Tourists granted rare access to nearly all stations on Pyongyang metro network |author=Hamish Macdonald |newspaper=NK News |date=2 May 2014 |access-date=2 May 2014 |archive-date=2 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502230405/http://www.nknews.org/2014/05/tour-companies-granted-unique-access-to-pyongyang-metro/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/13/mythbusters-uncovering-the-truth-about-north-korea-cannabis-metro |title=Mythbusters: uncovering the truth about North Korea |author=Maeve Shearlaw |newspaper=The Guardian |date=13 May 2014 |access-date=16 December 2016 |archive-date=6 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606114703/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/13/mythbusters-uncovering-the-truth-about-north-korea-cannabis-metro |url-status=live }}

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Pyongyang Metro has its own museum. A large portion of the collection is related to President Kim Il Sung providing "on-the-spot guidance" to the workers constructing the system. Among the exhibits are a special funicular-like vehicle which the president used to descend to a station under construction (it rode down the inclined tunnels that would eventually be used by the escalators), and a railbus in which he rode around the system.{{cite web|url=http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/2008/09/demilitarized-zone.html|script-title=ko:The forbidden railway: Vienna - Pyongyang 윈 - 모스크바 - 두만강 - 평양|work=vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com|date=23 September 2008|access-date=20 January 2013|archive-date=21 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121074147/http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/2008/09/demilitarized-zone.html|url-status=live|language=en}}Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/FxjNF8ebN1g Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150630121719/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxjNF8ebN1g Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxjNF8ebN1g| title = Pyongyang Metro Museum | website=YouTube| date = 3 August 2010 }}{{cbignore}} The museum also has a map of the planned lines; it shows the Chollima and Hyoksin line terminating at a common station near Chilgol, the third line that would cross the Taedong River, eventually terminating near Rakrang and the locations of the depots, one far past the western terminus of the Hyoksin line and the depot in Sopo for the Chollima line.{{Cite web|title=Pyongyang — Metro museum|url=https://transphoto.org/articles/3893/|access-date=2021-03-19|website=transphoto.org|language=en}}

File:Pyongyang Metro September 2015 04.jpg|Mural at Puhŭng Station entrance

File:Laika ac Pyongyang Metro (7953414514).jpg|Staff in a military-style uniform

File:Public newspaper reading stand in Pyongyang metro 3.jpg|A public newspaper display on a platform

File:Pyongyang Metro (11360664053).jpg|A statue of Kim Il Sung at Kaesŏn Station

File:Ponghwa Station. Pyongyang Metro, North Korea..jpg|Socialist realist mural at Ponghwa Station

File:Pyongyang Metro September 2015 05.jpg|9 September 2015 newspaper at Puhŭng Station

File:Pyongyang Metro September 2015 02.jpg|Escalators at Puhŭng Station

File:Pyongyang Metro September 2015 09.jpg|{{nowrap|Chandelier}} at Yŏnggwang Station

File:Pyongyang Metro September 2015 06.jpg|Mural at Puhŭng Station

File:Pyongyang Metro September 2015 11.jpg|Pyongyang Metro map at Kaesŏn Station

File:Subway ticket (33139722795).jpg|Pyongyang Metro ticket

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• Pyongyang Metro, Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1980

• {{cite web |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/12/09/2009120900263.html |title=Kim Jong-il 'Has Secret Underground Escape Route' |date=9 December 2009 |website=The Chosun Ilbo |access-date=12 December 2015}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.asiapress.org/rimjingang/english/report/2011-12-16/ |title=Inspection At The Metro Station Entrance - "No Shabby Cloths, No Large Luggage!" |author=Gu Gwang-ho |date=June 2011 |website=Rimjingang |access-date=12 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303163832/http://www.asiapress.org/rimjingang/english/report/2011-12-16/ |archive-date=3 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}
• Daniel Edelson, [https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4695663,00.html An Israeli's journey to North Korea]. Ynet. 30 August 2015.

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• [http://www.tourismdprk.gov.kp/index.php/c_thematic?lang=en&mu_idx=4&idx=7 TOURS BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONS - DPR Korea Tour] {{In lang|en}}
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• [http://www.wesleyc.com/kr/metro/ 평양지하철 비공식 홈페이지] {{In lang|ko}}
• [http://www.2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetro.html 平壌地下鉄 - 西船junctionどっと混む] {{In lang|ja}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130106024022/http://www.urbanrail.net/as/pyon/pyongyang.htm Pyongyang Metro - UrbanRail.Net (Wayback Machine)] {{In lang|en}}
• [https://www.stevegongphoto.com/Stories/Pyongyang-Underground/ Pyongyang Metro - Steve Gong • Photo | Video] {{In lang|en}}
• [http://www.cityrailtransit.com/maps/pyongyang_map.htm Pyongyang Real Distance Metro Map] {{In lang|en}}
• [https://www.earthnutshell.com/stopping-all-stations-the-pyongyang-metro/ Photos of all Metro stations] {{In lang|en}}
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6KVB02pDBI Video of all Metro stations] {{In lang|en}}

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