Chaedong Line

Chaedong Line
Overview
Native name 재동선 (梓洞線)
Type Heavy rail, Freight rail
Status Operational
Locale South P'yŏngan
Termini Kujŏng
Chaedong
Stations 2
Operation
Opened 1 October 1941
Owner West Chosen Central Railway (1941–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Technical
Line length 4.4 km (2.7 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3000 V DC Catenary
Route map
 P'yŏngdŏk Line
 Chaedong Line
0.0 Kujŏng
4.4 Chaedong
Chaedong Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 제동선
Hancha 梓洞線
Revised Romanization Jaedong-seon
McCune–Reischauer Chaedong-sŏn

The Chaedong Line is an electrified railway line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Kujŏng on the P'yŏngdŏk Line to Chaedong.[1]

History

The Chaedong Line was opened by the West Chosen Central Railway on 1 October 1941, at the same time as the railway's Sinsŏngch'ŏn–Pukch'ang line.[2]

Route

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

Distance
(Total; km)		 Distance
(S2S; km)		 Station Name
(Transcribed)		 Station Name
(Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja))		 Former Name
(Transcribed)		 Former Name
(Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja))		 Connections
0.0 0.0 Kujŏng 구정 (九井) P'yŏngdŏk Line
4.4 4.4 Chaedong 재동 (梓洞)

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) 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. 4410, 4 October 1941 (in Japanese)
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