Cholsan Line

The Ch'ŏlsan Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge freight-only secondary line of the Korean State Railway in North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Tongrim on the P'yŏngŭi Line to Tongch'angri,[1] where it serves the Sŏhae Satellite Launching Station.[2]

Ch'ŏlsan Line
Overview
Other name(s)	Tongch'ŏn Line
Native name	철산선 (鐵山線)
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail Regional rail
Status	Operational
Locale	North P'yŏngan
Termini	Tongrim Tongchangri
Stations	3
Operation
Opened	before 1937 (Tongrim–Ch'ŏlsan) 2010 (Ch'ŏlsan–Tongch'angri)
Owner	Chosen Government Railway (before 1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Technical
Line length	26.9 km (16.7 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map 4.3 mine 2.8 Tongrim industrial line 1.7 Tongrim Mining Machinery Factory 0.0 Tongrim P'yŏngŭi Line (bridge appx 50 m (160 ft)) (bridge appx 45 m (148 ft)) Kabong-rodongjagu (bridge appx 45 m (148 ft)) (bridge appx 20 m (66 ft)) (bridge appx 20 m (66 ft)) 12.5 Ch'ŏlsan (bridge appx 75 m (246 ft)) (bridge appx 40 m (130 ft)) 15.6 (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) 24.2 Tongch'ang-ri village Sŏhae Satellite Launching Station Guardhouse/Checkpoint 26.9 Tongch'angri Rocket launch pad

Cholsan Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	철산선
Hancha	鐵山線
Revised Romanization	Cheolsan-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ŏlsan-sŏn

History

The Ch'ŏlsan Line was originally opened as the Tongch'ŏn Line by the Chosen Government Railway prior to 1937, running 12.5 km (7.8 mi) from Ch'aryŏngwan (nowadays called Tongrim) on the Kyŏngui Line to Tongch'ŏn (now called Ch'ŏlsan). To facilitate the construction of the Sŏhae Satellite Launching Station, the line was extended around 2010 to the launch facility via Tongch'ang.[2]

Route

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

Distance (km)		Station Name		Former Name
Total	S2S	Transcribed	Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)	Transcribed	Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)	Connections
0.0	0.0	Tongrim	동림 (東林)	Ch'aryŏngwan	차련관 (車輦館)	P'yŏngŭi Line
12.5	12.5	Ch'ŏlsan	철산 (鐵山)	Tongch'ŏn	동천 (東川)
26.9	14.4	Tongch'angri	동창리 (東倉里)			Sŏhae Satellite Launching Station 서해위성발사장/西海衛星發射場

References

[3]

1. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
2. Laurence, Jeremy (17 February 2011). "North Korea completes second missile site". Reuters. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
3. • Japanese Government Railways (1937). 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在 [The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937]. Tokyo: Kawaguchi Printing Company. p. 485.