A passenger train linking China with North Korea’s remote Jagang Province resumed service in early September for the first time since the pandemic, more than four months after it was originally scheduled to restart, according to Chinese social media users.

The Ji’an-Manpho international train, which crosses the Yalu River between the Chinese border city of Ji’an in Jilin Province and Manpho in North Korea, now makes one round trip every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, according to a notice posted at the international ticket office designated by China Railway Shenyang Group.

The train is one of the world’s shortest