Chongnyon Parwon Line

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
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 length 440 m (1,440 ft) P'yŏngyang–Hŭich'ŏn Motorway tunnel length 900 m (3,000 ft) bridge length 55 m (180 ft) tunnel length 310 m (1,020 ft) 12.5 Muksi 16.7 Sao 23.8 Hach'o bridge length 270 m (890 ft) 31.6 NyŏngbyŏnKuryŏng River Pun'gang Line 40.1 P'arwŏn Chŏnjang River bridge 85 m (279 ft) Naejang Closed 52.3 SillyongTaeryŏng River 59.8 Yŏnjung Map'yŏng Line Taeryŏng River bridge 305 m (1,001 ft) bridge length 155 m (509 ft) 64.8 T'aech'ŏn bridge length 190 m (620 ft) Tongch'anggangch'ŏn 80.7 Ŏmihyŏn Closed Pongsan Closed Chŏngbang River bridge 230 m (750 ft) P'yŏngbuk Line bridge 90 m (300 ft) 3 April Factory 94.0 Kusŏng P'yŏngbuk 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]

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.

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