The Ryongsŏng Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the

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in P'yŏngyang,

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, running from Sŏp'o on the

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to Tongbungri on the

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. From Ryongsŏng, this line also has a line connecting to the private railway station attached to Residence No. 55, the primary residence of

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. The maintenance facilities for the

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are also located at Ryongsŏng Station.

History

The line was originally opened by the

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on 1 November 1927 as part of the first section of the former P'yŏngwŏn Line from Sŏp'o to Sainjang (nowadays called P'yŏngsŏng Station).朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 243, 20 October 1927 After the establishment of the DPRK, the Korean State Railway created the P'yŏngra Line by merging the P'yŏngwŏn Line with parts of the

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and Ch'ŏngra lines, at which time the Sŏp'o—Tongbungri section of the former P'yŏngwŏn Line was separated to create the current Ryongsŏng Line.

Route

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

San'um Branch

Electrified.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryongsong Line Railway lines in North Korea Standard gauge railways in North Korea Railway lines opened in 1927