Pupo Line

Pupo Line
Overview
Native name 부포선(釜浦線)
Type Heavy rail, Regional rail, Freight rail
Status Operational
Locale Kangryŏng-gun, South Hwanghae
Termini Sin'gangryŏng
Pup'o
Stations 5
Operation
Opened 1970s
Owner Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 19.1 km (11.9 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
Ongjin Line to Haeju
0.0 Singangryŏng(former wye)
Ongjin Line to Ongjin
7.2 Kangryŏng
11.3 Ryongyŏn
15.2 Hyangjuk
sand loading
19.1 Pup'o(former wye)
(former wye)
Pup'o Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 부포선
Hancha 釜浦線
Revised Romanization Bupo-seon
McCune–Reischauer Pup'o-sŏn

The Pup'o Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary railway line of the Korean State Railway in Kangryŏng-gun, South Hwanghae Province, North Korea, running from Sin'gangryŏng on the Ongjin Line to Pup'o.[1]

History

The line was opened by the Korean State Railway in the 1970s.[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 Sin'gangryŏng 신강령 (新康翎) Ongjin Line
7.2 7.2 Kangryŏng 강령 (康翎) Distance is approximate.
11.3 4.1 Ryongyŏn 룡연 (龍淵) Distance is approximate.
15.2 3.9 Hyangjuk 향죽 (香竹) Distance is approximate.
19.1 3.4 Pup'o 부포 (釜浦)

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, ISBN 978-89-7300-728-8, pp. 114

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