Read more Trans Siberian Railway stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1899/trans-siberian-railway.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 05:32:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/13777/historic-train-crosses-korean-border.htmlColleen Barry<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=53964&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401024710' border='0' />The historic first of what will be a regular schedule of freight trains crossed the border from South Korea to North Korea today, marking a major leap forward in the countries' reunification process and a step toward what could be a hugely profitable railway system. The link is part of...The first South Korean cargo train leaves for North Korea as South Koreans wave reunification flags at the Dorasan Station in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007. The first cargo train providing regular service across the border between the two Koreas in more than a half-century departed Tuesday to the North. The banner reads " Cargo train between Munsan and Bongdong". (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)http://www.newser.com/story/13777/historic-train-crosses-korean-border.htmlTue, 11 Dec 2007 03:25:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/2120/train-will-reunite-koreas-briefly.htmlM. Morris<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=4291&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401035128' border='0' />North and South Korea agreed today to allow the first train crossing of their heavily guarded border in over half a century. Two tracks have been reconnected for the test run on Thursday, the first time rail service has linked the countries since the middle of the Korean War.A train runs on the rail, which two Koreas hope to reconnect as part of an agreement reached at a historic summit of Kim Dae-jung and Kim Jong Il in 2000, at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, north of Seoul, near the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, Thursday, May 10, 2007. North Korea's military has consented to next week's planned test run of trains on rails rebuilt across the heavily armed border with South Korea, clearing the last hurdle to a symbolic event in inter-Korean detente. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)http://www.newser.com/story/2120/train-will-reunite-koreas-briefly.htmlFri, 11 May 2007 15:25:32 CDT