Editing Pyongyang Metro (section)

==Tourism==
{{multiple image|image1=Pyongyang metro station 1.jpg|image2=Pyongyang Metro Ceiling.jpg|footer=Before 2010, tourists were only allowed to travel between [[Puhŭng Station]] (left) and [[Yŏnggwang Station]] (right), sparking a conspiracy theory that the two stations comprised the entire system.}}
In general, [[tourism in North Korea]] is allowed only in guided groups with no diversion allowed from pre-planned itineraries. Foreign tourists used to be allowed to travel only between [[Puhŭng Station]] and [[Yŏnggwang Station]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Burdick|first=Eddie|title=Three Days in the Hermit Kingdom: An American Visits North Korea|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-4898-2|page=57}}</ref> However, foreign students were allowed to freely use the entire metro system.<ref>{{Cite book|author = Abt, Felix | title=A Capitalist in North Korea: My Seven Years in the Hermit Kingdom| publisher = Tuttle Publishing| year = 2014 | pages = 226 | isbn = 9780804844390 }}</ref> Since 2010, tourists have been allowed to ride the metro at six stations,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://testroete.com/northkorea.html|title=North Korea|work=testroete.com|access-date=31 December 2011|archive-date=7 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107231845/http://testroete.com/northkorea.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2014, all of the metro stations were opened to foreigners. University students traveling with the Pyongyang Project have also reported visiting every station.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_N_Lc6tjI0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/P_N_Lc6tjI0 |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Pyongyang metro - 6 stops visited in April 2014|date=25 April 2014|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

{{As of|2014}}, it is possible for tourists on special Public Transport Tours to take metro rides through both lines, including visits to all stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pyongyang-travel.com/public-transport-tours.html|title=Public Transport Tours - Information Page|author=Pyongyang Travel|work=pyongyang-travel.com|access-date=14 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415094545/http://www.pyongyang-travel.com/public-transport-tours.html|archive-date=15 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 2014, the first tourist group visited stations on both metro lines, and it is expected that such extended visits to both metro lines will remain possible for future tourist groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nknews.org/2014/05/tour-companies-granted-unique-access-to-pyongyang-metro/|title=Tourists granted rare access to nearly all stations on Pyongyang metro network|work=nknews.org|date=2 May 2014|access-date=2 May 2014|archive-date=2 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502230405/http://www.nknews.org/2014/05/tour-companies-granted-unique-access-to-pyongyang-metro/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The previously limited tourist access gave rise to a [[conspiracy theory]] that the metro was purely for show. It was claimed that it only consisted of two stops and that the passengers were actors.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://travel.cnn.com/touring-north-korea-whats-real-whats-fake-487216 |title=Touring North Korea: What's real, what's fake? |author=Kate Whitehead |newspaper=CNN |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=21 September 2014 |archive-date=24 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924041304/http://travel.cnn.com/touring-north-korea-whats-real-whats-fake-487216 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nknews.org/2014/05/tour-companies-granted-unique-access-to-pyongyang-metro/ |title=Tourists granted rare access to nearly all stations on Pyongyang metro network |author=Hamish Macdonald |newspaper=NK News |date=2 May 2014 |access-date=2 May 2014 |archive-date=2 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502230405/http://www.nknews.org/2014/05/tour-companies-granted-unique-access-to-pyongyang-metro/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/13/mythbusters-uncovering-the-truth-about-north-korea-cannabis-metro |title=Mythbusters: uncovering the truth about North Korea |author=Maeve Shearlaw |newspaper=The Guardian |date=13 May 2014 |access-date=16 December 2016 |archive-date=6 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606114703/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/13/mythbusters-uncovering-the-truth-about-north-korea-cannabis-metro |url-status=live }}</ref>

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===Museum===
Pyongyang Metro has its own museum. A large portion of the collection is related to President [[Kim Il Sung]] providing "[[on-the-spot guidance]]" to the workers constructing the system. Among the exhibits are a special [[funicular]]-like vehicle which the president used to descend to a station under construction (it rode down the inclined tunnels that would eventually be used by the escalators), and a [[railbus]] in which he rode around the system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/2008/09/demilitarized-zone.html|script-title=ko:The forbidden railway: Vienna - Pyongyang 윈 - 모스크바 - 두만강 - 평양|work=vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com|date=23 September 2008|access-date=20 January 2013|archive-date=21 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121074147/http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/2008/09/demilitarized-zone.html|url-status=live|language=en}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/FxjNF8ebN1g Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150630121719/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxjNF8ebN1g Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxjNF8ebN1g| title = Pyongyang Metro Museum | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 3 August 2010 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> The museum also has a map of the planned lines; it shows the Chollima and Hyoksin line terminating at a common station near Chilgol, the third line that would cross the Taedong River, eventually terminating near Rakrang and the locations of the depots, one far past the western terminus of the Hyoksin line and the depot in Sopo for the Chollima line.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pyongyang — Metro museum|url=https://transphoto.org/articles/3893/|access-date=2021-03-19|website=transphoto.org|language=en}}</ref>