The Tongp'o Line was a non-electrified long
railway line of the
Korean State Railway in
North Korea, connecting
Chongsŏng on the
Hambuk Line with
Tongp'o.
[Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ]
History
It was originally opened by the
Tomun Railway together with the
Sangsambong−
Chongsŏng section of the
West Tomun Line on 1 November 1924.
[朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese)] It was subsequently nationalised by the
Chosen Government Railway in 1929, and from 1934 to 1945 it was managed by the
South Manchuria Railway.
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Finally, after the partition of Korea it became part of the Korean State Railway.
The date of closure is not known.
Services
Coal was shipped from mines on this line to the
Kim Chaek Iron & Steel Complex at
Kimchaek
Kimch'aek (), formerly Sŏngjin (Chosŏn'gŭl: 성진, Hancha: 城津), is a city in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. It was an open port in 1899. It has a population of 207,699.
Etymology
The city received its current name in 1951 durin ...
and the
Ch'ŏngjin Steel Works in
Ch'ŏngjin
Chŏngjin (; ) is the capital of North Korea's North Hamgyong Province (함경북도) and the country's third largest city. It is sometimes called the ''City of Iron''.
History
Prehistory
According to archaeological findings near the lower ...
, with the order of collection from each line arranged in the order of the total weight of the outbound cars.
Route
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.
References
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Railway lines in North Korea
Standard gauge railways in North Korea