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 name	청년팔원선(靑年八院線)
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight rail Regional rail
Status	Operational
Locale	North P'yŏngan
Termini	Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn Kusŏng
Stations	11
Operation
Opened	1953 (Kujang–P'arwŏn) 1976 (P'arwŏn–Kusŏng)
Owner	Korean State Railway
Operator(s)	Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length	94 km (58 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 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	靑年八院線
Revised Romanization	Cheongnyeon Parwon-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'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

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 Name		Former Name
Total	S2S	Transcribed	Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja)	Transcribed	Chosŏn'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. http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2090772&categoryId=44461&cid=44454