Editing Pyongyang Metro (section)

==Rolling stock==
[[File:VOA - North Korea trip.theora.ogv|thumb|left|thumbtime=1:51|[[Voice of America|VOA]] report showing a ride on the former West German U-Bahn cars in 2013]]

When operations on the Metro started in the 1970s, newly built [[DK4]] passenger cars were used, made for North Korea by the Chinese firm [[CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles|Changchun Railway Vehicles]].

Some of the Chinese-made rolling stock have been observed operating near the Sinuiju area and northern regions.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|script-title=ja:平壌地下鉄－車両紹介|url=http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetrocar.html|access-date=2020-07-19|website=2427junction.com|archive-date=20 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720035630/http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetrocar.html|url-status=live|language=ja}}</ref>

[[File:People in Pyongyang Metro 01.JPG|thumb|right|upright|North Koreans riding the Pyongyang Metro in 2012. The portraits above the door are of former leaders [[Kim Il Sung]] and [[Kim Jong Il]].]]

Since 1997, the Pyongyang Metro has mainly used former German rolling stock from the [[Berlin U-Bahn]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=January 29, 2019|title=The Pyongyang Metro {{!}} North Korea Travel Guide|url=https://koryogroup.com/travel-guide/north-korea-guide-the-pyongyang-metro|access-date=August 18, 2021|website=[[Koryo Tours]]}}</ref>

The former Berlin trainsets were given a new red and cream livery in Pyongyang.<ref name=":4" /> All advertising was removed and replaced by portraits of leaders, [[Kim Il Sung]] and [[Kim Jong Il]]. In 2000, a BBC reporter saw "old East German trains complete with their original German graffiti".<ref name=BBCmetro>{{cite web | author=Lister, Richard | title=Life in Pyongyang | publisher=BBC News | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/995692.stm | date=October 8, 2000 | access-date=9 October 2006 | archive-date=7 November 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107062808/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/995692.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Koryo Tours]] in another article write about and show the old West-Berlin [[BVG Class D|D-trains]], suggesting that the BBC article could have mixing them up with the [[BVG Class G|Class GI]] of East Berlin.<ref name=":4" /> After about 2006, Type D cars were mainly used. The [[BVG Class G|Class GI]] rolling stock has been banned from underground tunnel operations due to frequent control stand fires and was withdrawn from Metro service in 2001, and those cars are now operating on the railway network around Pyongyang and northern regions as commuter trains.<ref>{{cite web| title=Metro News| publisher=pyongyangmetro.com| url=http://www.pyongyangmetro.com/metronews.html| year=2006| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928201240/http://www.pyongyangmetro.com/metronews.html| archive-date=28 September 2007| df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Photo: Anju — S-bahn; Pyongyang — Underground — Cars|url=https://transphoto.org/photo/638543/|access-date=2020-10-23|website=transphoto.org}}</ref> One Type D metro car appears to have been converted into a [[departmental vehicle]], with a subsequently installed second driver's cab at the car's back next to the inter carriage door. The metro car is painted in yellow with red warning trims.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|script-title=ja:平壌地下鉄－D型|url=http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetroc3.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721012907/http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetroc3.html|archive-date=21 July 2020|access-date=2020-07-19|website=2427junction.com|language=ja}}</ref>

In 2015, [[Kim Jong Un]] rode a newly manufactured four car train set which was reported to have been developed and built at [[Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works]] in North Korea,<ref>{{cite web |author=North Korea Leadership Watch |url=https://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/kim-jong-un-rides-the-py-subway/ |title=Kim Jong Un Rides the PY Subway |date=19 November 2015 |access-date=12 December 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190324/https://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/kim-jong-un-rides-the-py-subway/ |url-status=live }}</ref> although the cars appeared to be significantly renovated D-class cars. This set is named 'Underground Electric Vehicle No. 1'. It features a [[VVVF]] control and initially fitted with an [[asynchronous motor]] but later replaced with a [[Permanent magnet motor|permanent magnet synchronous motor]] developed by the Kim Chaek University of Technology. It usually runs on the [[Chollima Line]] but has also run on the [[Hyoksin Line]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|script-title=ja:平壌地下鉄－地下電動車1号（100形）|url=http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetroc4.html|access-date=2020-09-09|website=2427junction.com|archive-date=20 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720040545/http://2427junction.com/dprkpyongyangmetroc4.html|url-status=live|language=ja}}</ref>

As a gift to the [[8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea]], it is reported that the [[Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works]] are working to complete new metro cars, promoted by the 80 day campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=11 December 2020|script-title=ko:지하전동차생산이 마감단계에서 추진되고있다|trans-title=Underground electric vehicle production is being promoted at the closing stage.|url=https://dprktoday.com/news/49529|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220000000/https://dprktoday.com/news/49529|archive-date=2020-12-20|access-date=2020-12-20|website=dprktoday.com|language=ko}} [https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1607760147-871443616/%ec%a7%80%ed%95%98%ec%a0%84%eb%8f%99%ec%b0%a8%ec%83%9d%ec%82%b0%ec%9d%b4-%eb%a7%88%ea%b0%90%eb%8b%a8%ea%b3%84%ec%97%90%ec%84%9c-%ec%b6%94%ec%a7%84%eb%90%98%ea%b3%a0%ec%9e%88%eb%8b%a4/ Alt URL].</ref> However, in the [[Korean Central News Agency]] article summarising the eighty day campaign, there was no mention of any new vehicles being produced.<ref>{{Cite web|title=KCNA reports on successful conclusion of 80-day campaign|agency=KCNA|url=http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/?bbs=36794|access-date=2021-01-18|website=The Pyongyang Times}}</ref> Previously, it was reported that a 4-door set was to be manufactured to mainly run on the Hyoksin line, to be named Underground Electric Vehicle No. 2.<ref name=":2" /> Another news report stated that Kim Chong-tae Locomotive Works was organising the serial production of the Underground Electric Vehicle Type 1 for the 80 day campaign and mentioned the construction of the car body. However, although this was a goal of the 80 day campaign, a new set has yet to be built.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=김종태전기기관차련합기업소 지하전동차생산 마감단계에서 추진|url=http://arirangmeari.com/index.php?t=news&no=15433|access-date=2021-09-01|website=arirangmeari.com|archive-date=5 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005154111/http://arirangmeari.com/index.php?t=news&no=15433|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
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!Image
!Type
!Maximum Speed
!Traction
!Built
!Manufacturer
!Country of Origin
!No. of Cars
!Number Range
!Disposition
!Notes
|-
|[[File:Ex_pyongyang_metro.JPG|frameless]]
|'''[[DK4]]'''
|80&nbsp;km/h<ref name=":7">{{Cite journal|last=蒋克选, 王焕章|date=1982|title=DK4型地下铁道电动客车 (上)|journal=铁道车辆|volume=1982 - 9th|pages=42–49}}</ref>
|Camshaft variable resistor control, 76 kWh max output per motor, total 304 kWh. Designed to run on 750 volts.<ref name=":7" />
|1973-1978
|[[CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles|CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles]]
|[[China]]
|112 cars   provided to North Korea by September 1978.<ref name="JilinShengzhipp444–445" />
|001 to 1xx
|Set beginning with 001 is likely retained as a special vehicle<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pyongyang's Transport of Delight|url=http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/steam/trains/nkorea05.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030320035004/http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/steam/trains/nkorea05.htm|archive-date=Mar 20, 2003}}</ref>
|Derivative of the [[Beijing Subway]]'s DK3 Series.

Some units converted into [[Rolling stock of the Korean State Railway#Electric multiple units|1000 Series trains]] for Korean State Railway services.  Some units can be still seen stored in the metro depot, which are occasionally in service as vintage trains on special occasions and public holidays.
|-
|
|4-axle trailer car
|
|
|
|[[Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works]]
|[[North Korea]]
|
|2xx
|
|4 axle trailer cars built to lengthen DK4 sets to 3 or 4 cars.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:ピョンヤン市内をゆく（３）～地下鉄に乗るっ！～ {{!}} 長いブログ （旧：ぶらり北朝鮮）|url=https://gamp.ameblo.jp/venus1969/entry-12427078884.html|access-date=2021-06-15|website=gamp.ameblo.jp}}</ref>
|-
|{{center|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160130191843im_/http://www.pyongyang-metro.com/bvg.jpeg Image]}}
|'''[[BVG Class G|G]]''' "Gisela"
|70&nbsp;km/h
|[[Contactor|Contactor Control]]
|1978-1983
Bought in 1996<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|title=Pyongyang, Metro (Berlin numbers) — Roster|url=https://transphoto.org/list.php?did=2513|access-date=2021-09-07|website=transphoto.org|language=en}}</ref>
|[[LEW Hennigsdorf]]
|[[East Germany|GDR]]
|120
|5xx - 6xx
|Retired in 2001
|Ex-BVG trains from the [[Berlin U-Bahn]] bought second-hand in 1996

Most converted into [[Rolling stock of the Korean State Railway#Electric multiple units|500 Series trains]] for Korean State Railway services after the trains were banned from operating in underground tunnels due to frequent and severe control stand fires.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021|reason=There is a lack of information on this.}}
|-
|{{center|1=[https://transphoto.org/photo/1103280/?gid=4921 Image]}}
|'''Jaju-ho''' (self-reliance type)
|Unknown
|Unknown
(possibly Resistor Control)
|Unknown (before 1974)
|[[Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works]] 
|[[North Korea]]
|Unknown
|? 
|Unknown 
|Prototype train. 
Rode by [[Kim Jong Il]]  in 1974 but is no longer in service and said to be stored in the Pyongyang Metro museum.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:鉄道省革命事績館|trans-title=Korean State Railway Museum|url=http://2427junction.com/dprkreportcs.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630134032/http://www.2427junction.com/dprkreportcs.html|archive-date=30 June 2020|access-date=2020-09-09|website=2427junction.com|language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|
|'''Yonggwang-ho''' (glory type)
|
|
|
|[[Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works]]
|
|
|415
|
|A model of the 3 door version exists in the metro museum, numbered 415.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:画像ギャラリー {{!}} 北朝鮮にあるもうひとつの「鉄道博物館」 平壌地下鉄建設の功績をたたえた施設とは？|url=https://trafficnews.jp/photo/109150|access-date=2021-10-26|script-website=ja:乗りものニュース|language=ja}}</ref>
Seen in a 1995 news report, coupled to DK4 cars.<ref name=":9" />
|-
|[[File:Pyongyang_subway_train.jpg|frameless]]
|'''[[BVG Class D|D]]''' "Dora"
|70&nbsp;km/h
|Contactor Control
|1958-1965
Bought in 1999<ref name=":8" />
|[[Orenstein & Koppel|O&K]], DWM, [[AEG (German company)|AEG]], [[Siemens Mobility|Siemens]]
|[[West Germany|FRG]]
|220 known carriages, although only 132 were recorded to be in service.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BVG D — Roster|url=https://transphoto.org/list.php?mid=4349|access-date=2021-09-07|website=transphoto.org|language=en}}</ref>
|7xx, 8xx and 9xx
|In service
|Ex-BVG<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Traveling through North Korea {{!}} DW Documentary |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zzPk-k4Xaw |language=en |access-date=2022-12-27}}</ref> trains from the [[Berlin U-Bahn]] bought second-hand in 1998.
Some class D sets have a next stop indicator installed.<ref name=":3" />
|-
|{{center|[http://www.zacliu.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/GKD5B.jpg Image]}}
|'''GKD5B'''
|45&nbsp;km/h<ref>{{Cite web|title=GKD5B Diesel-electric Locomotive (Exported to North Korea)|url=http://www.zacliu.com/20101118/gkd5b/}}</ref>
|12V135Z Diesel engine
|1996-1997<ref>{{cite journal|last1=李炳华|script-title=zh:大连机车车辆厂为朝鲜地铁工程提供GKD5型调车内燃机车|url=http://mall.cnki.net/magazine/article/LRJX199701016.htm|url-status=live|language=zh|issue=1997年第01期|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807014550/http://mall.cnki.net/magazine/article/LRJX199701016.htm|archive-date=7 August 2016|access-date=15 February 2016|script-journal=zh:内燃机车}}</ref>
|[[CNR Dalian]]
|[[China]]
|2
|
|In service
|Diesel-electric shunting locomotives, used to haul metro trains under overhead electrification section from tunnel portal to depot.
|-
|[[File:Pyongyang Metro - 03.jpg|frameless]]
|'''Underground Electric Vehicle No. 1'''
|Unknown
|[[Insulated-gate bipolar transistor|IGBT]]-[[Variable-frequency drive|VVVF]] Inverter and [[Synchronous motor#Permanent-magnet|PMSM]] motors
|2015<ref name=":2" />
|[[Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works]] (with Chinese-built components)
|[[North Korea]]
|8 
(2 sets)
|1xx (101 to 108)
|Unknown 
|<ref name=":6" />
|}
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