Just How Exactly Does Kim Get To Hanoi By Train From NK?....

[global1]

Is there really track that goes from NK to Viet Nam?

[underpants]

1. You have to get a good running start

[nitpicker]

2. Through China.

[JHB]

3. From NK to the China-Vietnam border, at least.

Vietnam uses a different rail gage than China so that trains can't roll directly through. It's a precaution to impede a potential invasion.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. Like the border of France and Spain.

Always had to change trains at Port Bou, across the border from Cerbere. Spain used a narrower gauge in the '60s, don't know if that's changed.

I don't know if it was designed to resist invasion.

New high-speed rail is standard gauge, to allow trains from France to get to their high-speed destinations without stopping to change trains.

I didn't mind changing trains. Port Bou has a nice seaport and seaside restaurants and bars with outside tables. Cheers.

[Voltaire2]

4. Yes.

Like lots of the world there is a rail network connecting all major cities.

[The Truth Is Here]

5. He has Air Koryo

One of which is a VIP plane for him. An IL62M or he can use the Tupelev Tu204s.

[dalton99a]

6. His train stops at the border

Vietnamese soldiers stand guard as a train transporting North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un arrives at the border town with China in Dong Dang, Vietnam on Tuesday. (Nhan Sang/VNA via REUTERS)

[Baconator]

7. Slowly but surely it seems...

This Wednesday and Thursday, Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump will have their second summit, this time in Vietnam.

But while the U.S. president is still in DC, North Korea's Great Leader is already en route. That's because Kim is covering the distance between Pyongyang and Hanoi by slow train rather than fast plane.

The train trip is not just a vote of no confidence in the airworthiness of North Korea's winged fleet (1), it's also a political signal to China – the biggest (and only) ally the Hermit Kingdom has left in the world. And an example of the delightful weirdness the world will have to do without once the world's only remaining Stalinist dictatorship inevitably crumbles.

On Saturday, Kim boarded his special train in the North Korean capital Pyongyang. It's a 21-carriage, bullet-proof, army-green train that because of its armor plating reportedly can travel no faster than 35 mph (56 km/h).

https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/a-map-of-kim-jong-uns-slow-train-trip-to-vietnam?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1