Saturday, June 17, 2006

Korea - Dorasan Station







Dorasan station is a stop on an old train line which used to connect Korea to Russia through China. The train tracks and station were destroyed during the war but have recently been rebuilt and connect to a line in North Korea. There is some usage of the line for the transport of some goods between North and South but obviously it’s completely closed to passenger trains. The station is only a couple of years old and therefore very sleek and modern albeit completely empty. The hope is that soon people will be able to travel freely on this line again and the station stands as a silent monument to Korean optimism for reunification of their country in the near future. In the meantime it's actually kinda creepy!

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