The co-investigation on the South-North Railway Company starts in 30 days … Southern Railway leaves the North in 10 years – Kookmin Ilbo

The joint survey of the North-South Railway began on the 30th. The joint inter-Korean survey team will check the safety of facilities such as the state of the railways, tunnels and bridges by exploiting the Gyeongui-Seong-Seosha-Shinuiju section and the Donghae-Keumgang-Tumen section of the Western Sea until the following month.

Jong Il, the director of the South Korean survey, said: "The Ministry of Land, Transport and Tourism will proceed to the inspection of the structure with visual inspection and test machine. able to judge aging facilities to the naked eye because the members of the survey are experts, "he said." We will discuss in detail the fundamental issues to be followed and will work with the members. "

A 28-member team of government officials, civilian experts and engineers will conduct an investigation into the 400-kilometer section of the Gyeongui Line, which will sleep up to six days on the train alongside representatives of the North Railroad.

Once the joint investigation into the Gyeongui Line is complete, the train will travel to Pyongyang, then to Wonsan via the Pywara Line, and the South Investigation Team will return to the scene.

The joint investigation on the Donghae Line will take 10 days, from the next 8 to 17 months. A team of Korean investigators plans to check the lanes and take the train to Anjo Station via the bus from Kumgangsan Station to Anjo Station.

The Donghae joint investigation trains carrying the Donghae investigation team from Anjo Station will travel to Wuman, Hamhung, Gilju and other areas along the route. Tumen river. This is the first time that the South train operates on the Donghae line from Mount Geumgang to the Tumen River.

When the joint investigation on the 800 km section of the Donghae line will be completed, the South investigation team will return to the bus from Wonsan. The common search trains will travel from Wonsan to Pyongyang via the Pywara line, then descend to Kaesong. He then connects to the South Locomotive and returns to Seoul Station.

The government should start developing a basic plan for the connection and modernization of the railways after completion of the joint survey. However, the government's policy is that the actual construction only begins when the sanctions for North Korea are eased by the progress of denuclearization.

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