Kim Jong Un’s bulletproof train features entertainment by ‘lady conductors’By Joshua Rhett Miller
Published Sep. 7, 2023
Little Rocket Man has a crazy train.
Kim Jong Un is gearing up to ride the rails of luxury into eastern Russia, where North Korea’s leader is expected to meet Vladimir Putin about supplying weapons to bolster Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US officials said earlier this week.
The 39-year-old Kim’s private train service was inherited from his late father, dictator Kim Jong Il, and created out of a fear of flying.
The cars are bulletproof, and this convoy certainly won’t be mistaken for a bullet train — the armored protection is so heavy that average speeds top out at 37 mph.
(Amtrak’s Acela Express hits 150 mph, while France’s TGV, the fastest in the world, exceeds 357 mph.)
The train is believed to be outfitted with conference rooms paneled in dark wood, as well as multiple bedrooms, satellite phones, flatscreen TVs and roughly 100 security agents who scan routes and upcoming stations for bombs and other threats.
As for the dining car, chefs are on call to whip up Russian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese or French cuisine.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/09/07/inside-track-on-kim-jong-uns-personal-train-service/
