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June 2025

18 years after the last sighting, the Changchun DK4 has been once again captured in service on the Pyongyang Metro.

May 15, 2025

Ryongsong—Ryonmotdong trolleybus route resumes operation, after it was disrupted during the construction of Hwasong District Stage 3.

April 26, 2025

Yonggwang Station reopens following reconstruction. The interior has been repainted and lighting has changed, with the chandeliers removed.

December 25, 2024

Tram route 2 (Munsu-Tosong) closes for conversion to trolleybus service. Trolleybuses with off-wire running replace former tram services until the new trolleybus overhead wires are completed.

November 11, 2024

Yonggwang Station closes for renovations.

October 2024

Due to construction works for third stage of Hwasong District Stage 3 project, trolleybus route 9 (Ryonmotdong—Ryongsong) temporarily ceases operation.

September 2024

Puhung Station reopens; "Station" (formerly Thongil Station) renamed to Moranbong Station.

June 2024

Puhung and Hwanggumbol Stations are closed for renovations.

May 2024

Sopo trolleybus depot rebuilt, with a covered parking area.

February 15, 2024

Premier Kim Tok Hun inpects a new "passenger battery car", based on the Chollima-518/1 trolleybus.

February 2024

Metro station 'Thongil' becomes unnamed.

2024

The price of a single journey ticket on the Pyongyang Metro rises to 150 won.

October 1, 2023

New Chollima-518/1 and Chollima-518/2 articulated trolleybuses start operating on routes in Pyongyang.

December 2022

Roadworks on Mansu Bridge finish, with trolleybus route 8 resuming service and route 2 returning to its original route.

May 2022

Due to construction work on the Mansu bridge, trolleybus route 8 is suspended and route 2 is rerouted through Kyongru-dong.

April 15, 2022

A new trolleybus line and a significant extension has been opened in Pyongyang.

The new line runs from Songyo to the new development at Songhwa, and route 3 has been extended through a diversion, to run through Yongung Street and Hyoksin Street.

http://kcna.kp/kp/article/q/65e93d8a71e2...1.kcmsf

2016

A shelter is constructed at the Railway Station Division of the Ryonmot Trolleybus Depot.

October 28, 2015

The trolleybus route to the Science and Technology Park opens.
http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangm10.html
According to KCNA 2015.10.28 새형의 무궤도전차 생산,운행 시작

2015

A new building expansion to the Rangrang depot is built to house the trams transferred from the closed Songsin-Songyo line.

2014

The Songsin-Songyo tramway line is closed and replaced by a trolleybus.

September 9, 2003

Central pyongyang street reconstruction is complete, the tram tracks are removed.
https://www.koti.re.kr/user/bbs/BD_selec...=rc&

October 14, 2002

The Mangyongdae-Songsin tramway line is bisected, with a western line to Pyongyang station and an eastern line to Songyo. The segment in between on the Taedonggang bridge and the center running section of Yonggwang street are abandoned.
https://www.koti.re.kr/user/bbs/BD_selec...=rc&

September 9, 1998

The tramway line from West Pyongyang to Rangrang opens.
https://www.koti.re.kr/user/bbs/BD_selec...=rc&

July 7, 1995

The Kumsusan tram line opens.

1995

Kwangmyong metro station is closed due to the new use of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun.

July 1993

The tramway line from Munsu to Toksong opens.
https://www.electimes.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=28267
https://www.koti.re.kr/user/bbs/BD_selec...=rc&

March 5, 1993

Trolleybus line to Sopo opens.
https://www.electimes.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=28267

April 27, 1992

The construction of the tramway line from Munsu to Toksong starts.

April 15, 1991

The Mangyongdae-Songsin tram line opens. It is the first modern tram in the country.
http://www.tramz.com/tva/ko.html
https://www.koti.re.kr/user/bbs/BD_selec...=rc&
https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/2715111#home

April 10, 1987

The Chollima line is extended to Yonggwang and Puhung stations.
https://www.koti.re.kr/user/bbs/BD_selec...=rc&

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