tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004769.post110959804148255834..comments2024-02-21T19:17:51.003+11:00Comments on Ari on the web: Pyongyang MetroAri Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077102567908140945noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004769.post-12884081083609008242011-03-17T08:19:36.336+11:002011-03-17T08:19:36.336+11:00Is there any chance we can hear the story about th...Is there any chance we can hear the story about the military installations? As for the other stations less ornate, Koryo Tours occasionally do five-station rides. Could it be worth asking them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004769.post-1109767549244290252005-03-02T23:45:00.000+11:002005-03-02T23:45:00.000+11:00In response to Peter S's interesting questions...
...In response to Peter S's interesting questions...<br />a) We had permission to take all the photos in the collection, both from our guide and from the people who appear in the photos.<br />b) There was no need to sneak them. One of the members in the group took a video camera with him, and openly filmed several hours of footage without any problems.<br />c) Not a Collingwood supporter in site, I'm afraid.Ari Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06077102567908140945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004769.post-1109765478264438082005-03-02T23:11:00.000+11:002005-03-02T23:11:00.000+11:00If the tunnels are as deep as you say they are the...If the tunnels are as deep as you say they are then anyone in it would be fairly safe if nuclear bombs did start falling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004769.post-1109680991594183462005-03-01T23:43:00.000+11:002005-03-01T23:43:00.000+11:00Petra,
According to the unoffical Pyongyang Metro...Petra,<br /><br />According to the unoffical Pyongyang Metro website (http://www.pyongyang-metro.com/metronews.html), the current trains were actually bought secondhand from the Berlin U-Bahn in 1999. They are West Berlin D-series units built in the 1950s and 1960s. Some of them were sold to East Berlin in 1988, which is why you recognised them as "old GDR trains".<br /><br />Just to complicate things, in 1996 the Pyongyang metro bought some old East Berlin trains (built in the GDR), but these have now disappeared from Pyongyang and are reportedly being used elsewhere in North Korea. Another possibility is that they're on the secret military lines that may or may not exist under Pyongyang.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004769.post-1109653521343003472005-03-01T16:05:00.000+11:002005-03-01T16:05:00.000+11:00Peter S wants to know
a) did you have permission t...Peter S wants to know<br />a) did you have permission to take the photos?<br />b) if there was no express permission did you feel you were being watched in taking them or did you try to sneak them?<br />c) anyone on the trains wearing footy scarves/beanies?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004769.post-1109635833327942582005-03-01T11:10:00.000+11:002005-03-01T11:10:00.000+11:00hey ari, have slightly random comment to make. the...hey ari, have slightly random comment to make. the interior and exterior pics<br />of the Metro trains are, apart from the colour (exterior is yellow and seats are patterned not green) are exactly the same as the metro<br />trains on my underground train line in Berlin! 'cos i live in the old<br />east, we are still using the old GDR trains, (in the west they have<br />their own old trains) but... do you want to bet that kim and Erich (Honecker) bought them<br />back in the ol' USSR with the last of their communist roubles??<br />keep well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com