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Changjin Line

Changjin Line

Cable-hauled section - bottom end

(bridge appx 55 m (180 ft))

power plant

32.0

Pojang

(bridge appx 135 m (443 ft))

Cable-hauled section - summit end

Cable-hauling machinery house

Summit

(tunnel appx 275 m (902 ft))

35.8

Hwangch'oryŏng

(bridge appx 25 m (82 ft))

(bridge appx 80 m (260 ft))

(bridge appx 50 m (160 ft))

Kot'o town

41.2

Kot'o

engine house

46.4

Pusŏng

Closed

49.2

Sangp'yŏng

Changjin airbase

Changjin town

54.3

Changjin

58.6

Sasu

(bridge appx 295 m (968 ft))

62.7

Sindae

Closed 1935

68.4

Chungnam

Closed 1935

75.1

Kujin

Closed 1935

The Changjin Line (Korean: 장진선) is an electrified narrow gauge line of the North Korean State Railway running from Yŏnggwang on the Sinhŭng Line to Sasu on Lake Changjin. There is a 7.4 km (4.6 mi) cable-hauled section between Samgo and Hwangch'oryong; between Pojang and Hwangch'oryong the grade reaches 370‰.

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