The Sŏhae Kammun Line, or West Sea Barrage Line is a non-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 ...

located entirely within

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. ...

Special City,

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 ...

, and running from Ch'ŏlgwang on the Ŭnnyul Line to Sillyŏngri on the P'yŏngnam Line.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),

Description

The Sŏhae Kammun Line runs over the

West Sea Barrage The Nampho Dam or West Sea Dam, also known as the West Sea Barrage or West Sea Lock Gate, is a tidal barrage located 15 km west of the special city of Nampho, North Korea. It is a large, eight-km-long system of dams, three lock chambers, an ...

; of the total length of the line, over runs over the dam itself. There is a swing bridge of approximately , built by the Namp'o Shipyard, over the

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History

The line was opened on 24 June 1986, after the completion of the West Sea Barrage.

Services

A local passenger train, 361/362, operating between

and Ch'ŏlgwang, runs on the entirety of this line between Sillyŏngri and Ch'ŏlgwang, stopping only at Namp'o, Sŏhae Kammun, and Ch'ŏlgwang; scheduled travel time in the 2002 timetable was 2 hours 20 minutes each way.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 127,

Route

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sohae Kammun Line Railway lines in North Korea Standard gauge railways in North Korea