The Tŏksŏng 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 Pyongyang, P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is Chang Jun Song.
History
...
in
South Hamgyŏng Province,
North Korea
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, running from
Sinbukch'ŏng on the
P'yŏngra Line to
Sangri.
[Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p 88 ]
History
On 20 September 1929 the
Chosen Government Railway
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opened the Pukch'ŏng Line from Sinbukch'ŏng to
Pukch'ŏng. In the 1940s an extension of the railway had been planned, but the construction was stopped because of the defeat of Japan in the
Pacific War. The planned extension, from Pukch'ŏng to Sangri, was completed by the Korean State Railway and opened on 6 October 1960,
[Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p 76 ] and given its current name.
[Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, , pp. 114]
Services
Two passenger trains are known to operate on this line:
[Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 125 ]
* Regional trains 261/262, operating between
Hamhŭng and
Samgi, run on this line between Sinbukch'ŏng and Samgi;
* Local trains 866/867 operate on the entirety of this line between
Sinbukch'ŏng and
Sangri.
Route
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.
References
*
Ministry of Railways
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(1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations), p501
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Railway lines in North Korea
Standard gauge railways in North Korea