Pakchon Line

Pakch'ŏn Line
Overview
Native name 박천선(博川線)
Type Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail
Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale Pakch'ŏn-gun, North P'yŏngan
Termini Maengjungri
Pakch'ŏn
Stations 3
Operation
Opened 10 December 1926
Owner Chosen Government Railway (1926–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Technical
Line length 9.3 km (5.8 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map

 P'yŏngŭi Line
 former Pakch'ŏn Line
9.3 Pakch'ŏn Closed
Asian Highway 1 to Istanbul
5.6 Il'wŏn Closed
Asian Highway 1 to Tokyo
0.0 Maengjungri
bridge length 925 m (3,035 ft)
Taeryŏng River
Pakchon Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 박천선
Hancha 博川線
Revised Romanization Bakcheon-seon
McCune–Reischauer Pakch'ŏn-sŏn

The Pakch'ŏn Line is a former non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in Pakch'ŏn County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Maengjungri on the P'yŏngŭi Line to Pakch'ŏn.[1]

History

The line was originally opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 10 December 1926.[2] On 10 August 1946 it was nationalised by the Provisional People’s Committee for North Korea along with all other railways in the Soviet-occupied part of Korea, becoming part of the Korean State Railway.[1]

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 Maengjungri 맹중리 (孟中里) P'yŏngŭi Line
5.6 5.6 Ilwŏn 일원 (一院)
9.3 3.7 Pakch'ŏn 박천 (博川)

References

  1. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ 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), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, p. 487

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