The Namdong Line was a non-electrified secondary

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

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 South P'yŏngan 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 ...

, from P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn on the

P'yŏngnam Line The P'yŏngnam Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea, linking P'yŏngyang with the port city of Namp'o and the hot springs at P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn. The length of the line is .Kokubu, Hayato, ...

to Namdong, where it connected to the (now closed) Namdong Branch of the

Sŏhae Line The Sŏhae Line, also known as the Anju Colliery Line (안주 탄광선), is a partially electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Mundŏk on the P'yŏngŭi Lin ...

.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) The line was used to transport coal from the Sŏhae Line to the thermal power plant at

Namp'o Nampo (North Korean official spelling: Nampho; ), also spelled Namp'o, is the second largest city by population and an important seaport in North Korea, which lies on the northern shore of the Taedong River, 15 km east of the river's mouth. ...

.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 86 The line was closed sometime in the 2000s; the line was still depicted as active in the 2002 passenger timetable.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 127 The tracks, as well as some of the bridges, have since been removed, and in places the right of way is in use as roadway.

Route

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.

References

Railway lines in North Korea Standard gauge railways in North Korea {{NorthKorea-rail-transport-stub