Cholsan Line

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
2.8
Tongrim industrial line
1.7
Tongrim Mining Machinery Factory
0.0 TongrimP'yŏngŭi Line
Kabong-rodongjagu
12.5 Ch'ŏlsan
Tongch'ang-ri
Sŏhae Satellite Launching Station boundary
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,[1] where it serves the Sŏhae Satellite Launching Station.[2]

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
(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 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. 1 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.
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