Cholsan Line

Ch'ŏlsan Line

Overview

Other name(s)

Tongch'ŏn Line

Native name

철산선 (鐵山線)

Status

Operational

Owner

Chosen Government Railway (before 1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)

Locale

North P'yŏngan

Termini

Tongrim
Tongchangri

Stations

3

Service

Type

Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail
Regional rail

History

Opened

before 1937 (Tongrim–Ch'ŏlsan)
2010 (Ch'ŏlsan–Tongch'angri)

Technical

Line length

26.9 km (16.7 mi)

Number of tracks

1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 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

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, where it serves the Sŏhae Satellite Launching Station.