These aren‘t the same type, the ones in Pyongyang are in fact old Berlin undergrounds, some were even seen with the Berlin underground map on them. And they weren‘t East, but West Berlin trains
Very generous of the DPRK to share their train models!
To be fair I’d rather have the version without the TV streaming adverts at me
Are they both Chinese, both really old or has Germany been doing business with the Kims?
W T F
r/mildyinteresting
No matter how shitty of a country NK is. I gotta say it is refreshing without the ads.
to each its own god i guess
>These trains were actually from East Berlin.
>
>”Since 1997, the Pyongyang Metro has mainly used former German rolling stock from the Berlin U-Bahn.
The former Berlin trainsets were given a new red and cream livery in Pyongyang. 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”
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang_Metro
Apparently people in NK don’t need emergency brakes lol
Ugh, N24. Much rather watch eternal leader.
In glorious peace loving Democratic People’s Republic of Korea fire extinguishers are unneeded. Tears of joy from the people are sufficient to extinguish any blaze.
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Same thing honestly them screens dont help nobody with nun but i get you.
Not just the same models – they are the same trains. They were sold to NK in the 90s.
Why the reverse order of the names ?
Is that same old Russian design from 80’s/90’s? I think those were intended for like 30 years use…
DDR spirit is alive!
They put no respect on our man Jong-un?
Edit: or is it just an old picture?
Are they still in use in Berlin?
[meanwhile in Bucharest](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U6p29WnAzBo/maxresdefault.jpg)
love these trams!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_T3
The god of communist personality cult replaced by the god of mindless consumerism.
I think Berlin should hang a picture of Merkel in their trains aswell….
Why does the Berlin one have pictures of Kim Jong-un and King Jong-il?
Is that a ketchup or beer bottle?
This looks like the soviet metro. Technically a train.
Kinda impressed you found a train this clean in germany.
Both countries post news updates above their doors. Interesting.
Plot twist: Berlin is the upper picture
DPRK version is based, I agree
NK: In case of fire, run. And take the portraits or you’ll be prosecuted.
Yeah, that’s right in Germany we worship Microsoft instead of the Kim family.
We work in the fields of Farming Simulator to generate resources for dear leader Microsoft.
Like the north korean one more
They look the same.
Gotta admit, less marketing. Still a little though, and it’s always the same brand.
All hail dear leader Microsoft
At least the Berlin one has an emergency break
Something bothered me about this picture when I first saw it few hours ago. It’s the portraits in NK train. There are two of them.
This picture is from before Kim Jong-Un reign.
ALL HAIL CONSUMERISM
Those aren’t the same type of wagons.
All hail our Microsoft overlords.
Well yes. Pyongyang bought [those trains](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BVG_Class_D) from Berlin. Gotta say though, they keep them a lot cleaner over there.
These aren‘t the same type, the ones in Pyongyang are in fact old Berlin undergrounds, some were even seen with the Berlin underground map on them. And they weren‘t East, but West Berlin trains
Very generous of the DPRK to share their train models!
To be fair I’d rather have the version without the TV streaming adverts at me
Are they both Chinese, both really old or has Germany been doing business with the Kims?
W T F
r/mildyinteresting
No matter how shitty of a country NK is. I gotta say it is refreshing without the ads.
to each its own god i guess
>These trains were actually from East Berlin.
>
>”Since 1997, the Pyongyang Metro has mainly used former German rolling stock from the Berlin U-Bahn.
The former Berlin trainsets were given a new red and cream livery in Pyongyang. 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”
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang_Metro
Apparently people in NK don’t need emergency brakes lol
Ugh, N24. Much rather watch eternal leader.
In glorious peace loving Democratic People’s Republic of Korea fire extinguishers are unneeded. Tears of joy from the people are sufficient to extinguish any blaze.
Berlin TV tower
This is not quite true. The trains Nord Korea received were the [Baureihe D](https://i.imgur.com/phn4O76.jpg), which was a Großprofilzug, second picture shows this particular [A3L71](https://youtu.be/yva4C3uS2fo) (Kleinprofilzug)