At 10:30 p.m., the heads of the North Korean subway station and the train company in Pyongyang gathered at the entrance of the subway station, and after a while, a train headlight in the distance came directly at them, and they were dressed and ready to greet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Why did Kim Jong-un come to the subway station late at night? Many people have the impression that the words North Korea and poverty seem to be associated only with each other. But North Korea has had a subway since 1975, and it claims to be the deepest subway system in the world. How did North Korea build its subway?
In 1966, Kim Il-sung, the then leader of North Korea, visited Beijing, and one of them was a subway station under construction in Beijing. At that time, the subway system in Beijing, China, had begun to take shape, and the construction speed was also very fast, and it was striving to complete it with the fastest speed and the best quality, so as to provide assistance for Beijing's transportation. As soon as Kim Il Sung saw the subway in our country, he felt that the DPRK should also have a subway, after all, it is convenient and fast, and it can save a lot of time, which can also make it more convenient for the North Korean people to commute to work. Therefore, after Kim Il Sung returned to North Korea, he called on everyone to discuss the construction of the North Korean subway, and after discussion, it was decided to build a subway station in the capital Pyongyang. But how do you build it? In the mid-to-late 60s of the last century, North Korea's economy was indeed quite developed. However, their economic development was based on the assistance of other countries, and it can be said that most of the DPRK's economy was helped by other countries, and the DPRK itself did not have this strength. Now if you want to build a subway, you have to ask for money, workers, and technology, but North Korea doesn't have the technology and doesn't have much money, so what should we do? The DPRK used the old method to find assistance, they found our country, the Soviet Union and the countries of Eastern Europe, and everyone helped a little, didn't they all have it?
At that time, China was building the Beijing subway, and many workers and technical experts were invested, and everyone was working overtime to manufacture China's subway. However, after the DPRK asked for our help, our country thought twice and sent many engineers and technicians from the Beijing subway to Pyongyang, the DPRK, to help them build the subway, and these technical experts were later awarded the Order of the National Flag of the DPRK. North Korea has long faced threats from the United States and South Korea, and they have built their subways with many international instability in mind. North Korea's final subway plan is modeled on the subways of Beijing and Moscow, creating the world's deepest subway system, opening two lines, the Maxima Line and the Renewal Line, with a total of 17 subway stations covering major areas of Pyongyang. North Korea's subway is built up to 200 meters underground at its deepest point, with an average depth of 100 meters overall and up to 150 meters in some mountainous sections. North Korea's subway stations have long escalators and air conditioning equipment on the roof of the station, which keeps the air fresh and comfortable. In addition to this, the North Korean subway also functions as an air-raid shelter, ready to prepare for war. In 1968, the construction of the Pyongyang subway in North Korea officially began. In 1970, the 750-volt third-track K4 train of the Changchun Passenger Car Factory was transported to North Korea and became the train of the Pyongyang subway station. At the beginning of September 1973, the Maxima Line was officially put into operation, with a total length of 12 km. There are 8 subway stations, but the first one runs from Hongxing Station to Fenghuo Station, and it was not until 1987 that Fenghuo Station to Fuxing Station was opened. The direction of the subway covers the main area from north to south.
At the beginning of September 1975, the whole line of the innovation line was completed, the total line is 10km long, passing through 9 stations, from Gwangbok Station to Paradise Station, the direction of progress covers the main areas from the west to the east, the North Korean subway station has attracted many North Korean people as soon as it is operated, everyone likes this subway station very much, it is convenient for them to travel, and it has become the first choice for everyone to travel. With the increase in the number of passengers on the North Korean subway, among other considerations. North Korea purchased an additional 120 bicycles produced in the former East Germany in 1996 and 108 Series wide-body trains from Berlin in 1998. But these trains are all foreign goods after all. When North Korea was sanctioned by the United States and other countries over the nuclear issue, it became more difficult to buy trains from abroad. Over the years, North Korea has also realized that it is better to research and produce its own than relying on national help, so North Korea has the idea of developing subway trains. Late at night on November 19, 2015, the Pyongyang subway station was brightly lit, and the heads of the relevant departments and technical experts of the North Korean subway and the heads of the North Korean locomotive complex gathered here. At half past 10 o'clock in the evening, Kim Jong-un and North Korea's ** came to the subway station to inspect. Why did Kim Jong-un visit late at night?Kim Jong-un came to the subway station for one thing, and that was that the new train independently developed by North Korea was about to be put into test runs, and he came late at night to inspect and participate in the test run of the new train.
The interior of the new train independently developed by the DPRK is much brighter than the old one, and an LCD TV has been added to facilitate the DPRK people to keep abreast of weather conditions and traffic transfer information, which is very modern. Kim Jong-un, who arrived at Yeongwang Station on a new train from Kaixuan Station, said that the train's braking condition and speed are good, the performance is good, and the interior furnishings and equipment are very modern. He also praised the experts and technicians who designed the new subway trains, and once again said that the DPRK should adhere to localization and take practical actions to get rid of the disease of imports. On January 1, 2016, the new train independently developed by North Korea was officially put into operation, and many North Koreans deliberately changed their route to work in order to take the new train. The new train has been appreciated and praised by the North Korean people, and everyone thinks that the new train is better than the old one. North Korea attaches great importance to the Pyongyang subway station, and the decoration and decoration of the subway station have kept up with the changes of the times. In the early years, most of the subway stations in North Korea were posters, but now, there are kiosks and many electronic screens in North Korean subway stations, which allow the North Korean people to confirm the arrival time of the subway and the natural scenery of North Korea. At the 100-meter-long escalator, maps of the peninsula with Jeju and Dokdo are hung on both sides. When everyone travels to North Korea, North Korean tour guides will also take foreign tourists to take the North Korean subway, so that everyone can experience the world's deepest subway station.
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