Chongnyon Parwon Line

The Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary railway line of the Korean State Railway in North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Kujang on the Manp'o and P'yŏngdŏk Lines to Kusŏng on the P'yŏngbuk Line.[1]

Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwon Line
Overview
Other name(s)Tŏkp'al Line
Native name청년팔원선(靑年八院線)
StatusOperational
OwnerKorean State Railway
LocaleNorth P'yŏngan
Termini
Stations11
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Passenger/Freight rail
Regional rail
Operator(s)Korean State Railway
History
Opened1953 (Kujang–P'arwŏn)
1976 (P'arwŏn–Kusŏng)
Technical
Line length94 km (58 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
P'yŏngdŏk Line
0.0
 Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Manp'o Line
Ch'ŏngch'ŏn River
(bridge appx 440 m (1,440 ft))
P'yŏngyang–Hŭich'ŏn Motorway
(tunnel appx 900 m (3,000 ft))
(bridge appx 55 m (180 ft))
(tunnel appx 310 m (1,020 ft))
12.5
 Muksi
(tunnel appx 225 m (738 ft))
16.7
 Sao
23.8
 Hach'o
(bridge appx 310 m (1,020 ft))
(tunnel appx 210 m (690 ft))
31.6
 Nyŏngbyŏn
Kuryŏng River
Pun'gang Line
40.1
 P'arwŏn
Chŏnjang River
bridge appx 85 m (279 ft))
45.4
 Naejang
Closed
52.3
0.0
 Sillyong
3.8
Taeryŏng River
59.8
 Yŏnjung
Map'yŏng Line
(bridge appx 305 m (1,001 ft))
(bridge appx 160 m (520 ft))
64.8
 T'aech'ŏn
(bridge appx 200 m (660 ft))
Tongch'anggangch'ŏn
80.7
 Ŏmihyŏn
Closed
86.9
 Pongsan
Closed
Chŏngbang River
(bridge appx 150 m (490 ft))
(bridge appx 100 m (330 ft))
P'yŏngbuk Line
3 April Factory
94.0
 Kusŏng
P'yŏngbuk Line
Chongnyon Parwon Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
청년팔원선
Hancha
Revised RomanizationCheongnyeon Parwon-seon
McCune–ReischauerCh'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn-sŏn

This line serves the Nyŏngbyŏn Nuclear Scientific Research Centre via the Pun'gang Line, which joins the mainline at P'arwŏn.

History

A line from Tŏkch'ŏn to P'arwŏn had been planned already in the 1940s by the West Chosen Central Railway, after receiving permission from the Railway Bureau of the Government-General of Korea in 1940 to extend its line beyond Tŏkch'ŏn.[2] However, by the end of the war, construction had been completed only as far as Changsangri (today on the Changsang Line), although work had begun on the line towards Kujang; it was only in 1953 after the end of the Korean War that the Tŏkp'al Line to P'arwŏn (the line's name came from the two termini, Tŏkch'ŏn and P'alwŏn) via Kujang was finally completed.[3] The line was then extended further, reaching Kusŏng in 1976. Although by then the line ran Kujang–Kusŏng and the Tŏkch'ŏn–Kujang section had been made part of the P'yŏngdŏk Line, it retained the "Tŏkp'al Line" name until then.

Services
See also: List of passenger train services in North Korea

Local passenger trains 795/796 operate on this line between Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Kusŏng.[1]

Route

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

Distance (km)Station NameFormer Name
TotalS2STranscribedChosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)TranscribedChosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)Connections
0.0 0.0 Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn 구장청년 (球場青年) Kujang 구장 (球場) P'yŏngdŏk Line, Manp'o Line
12.5 12.5 Muksi 묵시 (墨時)
16.7 4.2 Sao 사오 (沙烏)
23.8 7.1 Hach'o 하초 (下草)
31.6 7.8 Nyŏngbyŏn 녕변 (寧辺)
40.1 8.5 P'arwŏn 팔원 (八院) Pun'gang Line
45.4 5.3 Naejang 내장 (-) Closed
52.3 6.9 Sillyong 신룡 (新龍)
59.8 7.5 Yŏnjung 연중 (延中) Map'yŏng Line
64.8 5.0 T'aech'ŏn 태천 (泰川)
80.7 15.9 Ŏmihyŏn 어미현 (魚尾峴) Closed
86.9 6.2 Pongsan 봉산 (鳳山) Closed
94.0 7.1 Kusŏng 구성 (亀城) P'yŏngbuk Kusŏng 평북구성 (平北亀城) P'yŏngbuk Line

References
  1. Kokubu, Hayato (2007). 将軍様の鉄道 [The Railways of the General] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shinchosha. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 4021, 18 June 1940 (in Japanese)
  3. "평덕선".
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