The Mandŏk Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the
Korean State Railway
The Korean State Railway (), commonly called the State Rail () is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of North Korea and has its headquarters at P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Chang Jun Song.
History
1945–195 ...
in
Hŏch'ŏn County,
South Hamgyŏng Province,
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
running from
Hŏch'ŏn on the
Hŏch'ŏn Line to
Mandŏk.
[Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ]
History
This line was opened by the privately owned
Tanp'ung Railway as a branch of its
Tanchon
Tanch'ŏn () is a port city in northeastern South Hamgyŏng province, North Korea. It has a population of approximately 360,000. Tanch'ŏn borders the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea), into which the Namdae River flows.
Administrative divisio ...
−
Honggun mainline opened on 26 August 1939.
[朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 3788, 4 September 1939]
Services
A pair of local passenger trains 931/932 are known to operate on this line between Hŏch'ŏn and Mandŏk.
Route
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mandok Line
Railway lines in North Korea
Standard gauge railways in North Korea