The Tasado Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the

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in North P'yŏngan Province,

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, running from Ryongch'ŏn on the P'yŏngŭi Line to Tasado Port.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), Running through gentle territory, the Tasado Line's ruling grade is 12‰, the minimum curve radius is , and there are five bridges with a total length of .North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography - Tasado Line (in Korean)
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History

The Tasado Line was opened by the Tasado Railway on 31 October 1939, as a line from Sinŭiju to Tasado Port via Yangsi, to provide the Oji Paper Company's plant in Sinŭiju (today the Sinŭiju Chemical Fibre Complex a means of shipping its products out via the port at Tasado, as the Yalu River freezes in winter. The Sinŭiju–Yangsi section of the line was transferred to the Chosen Government Railway on 1 April 1943 as the Yangsi Line.朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 4837, 19 March 1943 After the partition of Korea the line was within the territory of the DPRK; Yangsi Station was given its current name, Ryongch'ŏn Station some time after the partition. The line suffered considerable damage during the

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, including the destruction of the bridge west of Pukchung; this was rebuilt in September 1971, restoring service on the entirety of the line.

Services

At Pukchung the line serves the Pukchung Machine Complex factory, while beyond the station at the town of Tasado, it continues on to serve the

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base at Tasado Port. Coal, metal and metal products, fertilisers, agricultural products and materials required at the navy base are the major commodities shipped on the line. There are five daily return commuter trains between Ryongch'ŏn and Tasado.

Route

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

References

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