In 2007, trains crossed the Korean DMZ for the first time since 1953
In a historic 2007 test run, trains crossed the heavily fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone for the first time in over half a century, offering a brief glimpse of potential reunification.
On May 17, 2007, two five-carriage trains made a symbolic journey across the most heavily fortified border in the world. This marked the first time rail transport linked North and South Korea since the tracks were severed during the Korean War in 1953. Hundreds of onlookers cheered as the locomotives bypassed barbed wire and landmines to enter the Demilitarized Zone.
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