Taesong-dong Transportation

The line across the Freedom Bridge for the 4.1 kilometre journey from Imjingang to Dorasan is not run as a normal railway line, but as a special tourist service.

The three trains run daily at 11.43, 12.43 and 13.43.

The first and last trains are linked to coach tours to the Dora Observatory (Dorasan) and the Third Infiltration Tunnel. The 12.43 has no linking coach tour, so you can only hang around the station apparently. The journey time is 5 minutes.

It takes at least an hour for the melodramatic facilities to be conducted. I say melodramatic because it is all really just for tourist purposes: it is in the interests of the military to make it all seem much more dangerous than it really is. Dorasan station is still a full kilometre from the beginning of the DMZ, so what's all the fuss?

They count passengers on and off at both ends, so play along with the little game and take it all seriously. If more attention was paid to political reconciliation then, of course, all this fun would disappear!