Paektusan Chongnyon Line

Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line

Overview

Other name(s)

Kilhye Line

Native name

백두산청년선(白頭山靑年線)

Status

Operational

Owner

Chosen Government Railway (1933–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)

Locale

North Hamgyŏng
Ryanggang

Termini

Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn

Stations

22

Service

Type

Heavy rail, Regional rail

Depot(s)

History

Opened

Stages between 1933-1937

Technical

Line length

141.7 km (88.0 mi)

Number of tracks

1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) standard gauge

250 m (820 ft)

Electrification

3000 V DC Catenary

Route map

					P'yŏngra Line
				0.0	Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn
					P'yŏngra Line
				3.9	Pongam	Closed
					(tunnel appx 140 m (460 ft))
					(bridge appx 30 m (98 ft))
				10.3	Namsŏk
					(tunnel appx 90 m (300 ft))
					(bridge appx 30 m (98 ft))
				18.4	Sŏnghu
					Namdaech'ŏn
					(bridge appx 120 m (390 ft))
					(tunnel appx 200 m (660 ft))
					(tunnel appx 190 m (620 ft))
					Namdaech'ŏn
					(bridge appx 95 m (312 ft))

					switchback
				22.8	P'unggye
					underground facility
					Namdaech'ŏn
					(bridge appx 105 m (344 ft))

				26.2	Chaedŏk
					(tunnel appx 145 m (476 ft))
					Namdaech'ŏn
					(bridge appx 100 m (330 ft))
					(tunnel appx 130 m (430 ft))
					Namdaech'ŏn
					(bridge appx 85 m (279 ft))
					Namdaech'ŏn
					(bridge appx 60 m (200 ft))
					Namdaech'ŏn
					(bridge appx 60 m (200 ft))
				35.2	Sŏngdŏk
					Namdaech'ŏn
					(bridge appx 75 m (246 ft))
					Namdaech'ŏn
					(bridge appx 80 m (260 ft))
					(tunnel appx 120 m (390 ft))
					Namdaech'ŏn
					(bridge appx 90 m (300 ft))
					Namdaech'ŏn
					(bridge appx 65 m (213 ft))
					(tunnel appx 155 m (509 ft))
					Namdaech'ŏn
					(bridge appx 75 m (246 ft))
				43.0	Sado
				47.4	Yanggok
					Namdaech'ŏn
					(bridge appx 85 m (279 ft))


					(tunnel appx 185 m (607 ft))
					Namdaech'ŏn
					(bridge appx 55 m (180 ft))


				57.2	Hapsu
					Hapsu freight yard
					(tunnel appx 815 m (2,674 ft))

					(tunnel appx 745 m (2,444 ft))
					Namgye freight yard

				63.0	Namgye
					(tunnel appx 160 m (520 ft))
					(tunnel appx 90 m (300 ft))
					(tunnel appx 220 m (720 ft))
				70.0	Paeg'am Ch'ŏngnyŏn sawmill
					Paengmu Line
					(tunnel appx 2,205 m (7,234 ft))
				81.0	Ryŏngha
				85.9	Ryŏngnam


				90.5	Namjung
					Unch'ong River
					(bridge appx 60 m (200 ft))
					Ryong'am	Closed
					Ryongp'och'ŏn
					Ryongp'o	Closed
					Ryongp'och'ŏn
					(bridge appx 45 m (148 ft))
				95.6	Saengjang
					Unch'ong River
					(bridge appx 55 m (180 ft))
				99.7	Unhŭng
					Unch'ong River
					(bridge appx 60 m (200 ft))
					(tunnel appx 270 m (890 ft))
					Unch'ong River
					(bridge appx 70 m (230 ft))
				108.7	Poan
					(tunnel appx 290 m (950 ft))
					Unch'ong River
					(bridge appx 50 m (160 ft))
				116.1	Simp'ori

					Unch'ong River
					(bridge appx 95 m (312 ft))
					Ilgŏn mine
					(tunnel appx 1,690 m (5,540 ft))
				124.6	Taeoch'ŏn
					(bridge appx 55 m (180 ft))
					Osich'ŏn Line
					Hyesan No. 1 Station private

				132.6	Kŏmsalli

					Samjiyŏn Line
				137.1	Wiyŏn Hyesan Steel Mill
					(tunnel appx 410 m (1,350 ft))
				141.7	Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Hyesan Textile Factory

					Pukbunaeryuk Line

Paektusan Chongnyon Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	백두산청년선
Hancha	白頭山靑年線
Revised Romanization	Baekdusancheongnyeon-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Paektusanch'ŏngnyŏn-sŏn

The Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary mainline of the Korean State Railway running from Kilju on the P'yŏngra Line to Hyesan on the Pukbunaeryuk Line; it connects to the narrow gauge Paengmu Line at Paeg'am Ch'ŏngnyŏn Station, and to the Samjiyŏn Line at Wiyŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn Station.