such extended visits to both metro lines will remain possible for future tourist groups. 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. 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. 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. Gallery Network Map See also Trams in Pyongyang Rail transport in North Korea References Notes Bibliography Pyongyang Metro, Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1980 Further reading Daniel Edelson, An Israeli's journey to North Korea. Ynet. 30 August 2015. External links TOURS BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONS - DPR Korea Tour TRAFFIC FANS TOUR - DPR Korea Tour 평양지하철 비공식 홈페이지 평양 지하철도 - 나무위키 平壌地下鉄 - 西船junctionどっと混む Pyongyang Metro - UrbanRail.Net (Wayback Machine) Pyongyang Metro - Steve Gong • Photo | Video Pyongyang Real Distance Metro Map Photos of all Metro stations Video of all Metro stations Metro Rapid transit in North Korea Underground rapid transit in North Korea Standard gauge railways in North Korea 1973 establishments in North Korea Railway lines opened in 1973 Articles containing video clips