Ryongam Line

Ryong'am Line
Overview
Other name(s) Yongdŭng Line
Native name 룡암선 (龍岩線)
Type Heavy rail, Freight rail
Status Operational
Locale Kujang-gun, North P'yŏngan
Termini Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Ryong'am
Stations 2
Operation
Opened 1 April 1934
Owner Chosen Government Railway (1934–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Technical
Line length 7.4 km (4.6 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
 Manp'o Line
 Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line
 Ryongam Line
northern curve under construction
0.0 Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Kujang Cement Factory
2.6 Tongryonggul Closed
7.4 Ryong'amRyongdŭng Colliery
Ryongam Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 룡암선
Hancha 龍岩線
Revised Romanization Yong'am-seon
McCune–Reischauer Ryong'am-sŏn

The Ryong'am Line is an electrified freight-only railway line of the Korean State Railway in Kujang County, North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Kujang at the junction of the Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn, Manp'o, and P'yŏngdŏk Lines, to Ryong'am.[1]

History

Originally named Yongdŭng Line, this line was opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 April 1934. Tongryonggul Station, 2.6 km (1.6 mi) from Kujang, was closed on 15 June 1944.[2] Given its current name some time after 1950, the line was electrified by 1980.

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 Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn 구장청년 (球場青年) Kujang 구장 (球場) Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line, Manp'o Line, P'yŏngdŏk Line
2.6 2.6 Tongryonggul 동룡굴 (蝀龍窟) Closed
7.4 4.8 Ryong'am 룡암 (龍岩) Yongdŭng 용등 (龍登) Ryongdŭng Colliery

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ 朝鮮総督府官報告示 (Bulletin of the Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 885, 10 June 1944
  • 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 498

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