Sohae Line

Sŏhae Line
Overview
Other name(s) Anju Colliery Line
(안주탄광성 安州炭鉱線)
Native name 서해선 (西海線)
Type Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail
Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale South P'yŏngan
Termini Mundŏk
Hwap'ung (Mainline)
Namdong (Namdong Branch)
Stations 10
Operation
Owner Korean State Railway
Operator(s) Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 22.4 km (13.9 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3000 V DC Overhead line
Mundŏk-T'aehyang,
Ch'ŏngnam-Sŏsa
Route map
P'yŏngŭi Line to Sinŭiju
Taegyo
0.0 Mundŏk
5.6 Sŏngbŏp
P'yŏngŭi Line to P'yŏngyang
11.4 Ch'ŏngnamcoal mine
DPRK-Iran Friendship Ripsŏk Co-op Farm
13.6 Ripsŏk T'an'gwangcoal mine
Ch'ŏngnam Line
15.4 Samch'ŏnp'o
16.4 T'aehyangcoal mine
coal mine
25.3 Sŏsi
21.5 P'yŏngnam Sŏhocoal mine
24.8 Hwap'ungcoal mine Closed
Ch'ŏngnam Line
22.4 Namdong Closed
Namdong Line Closed
Sohae Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 서해선
Hancha 西海線
Revised Romanization Seohae-seon
McCune–Reischauer Sŏhae-sŏn

The Sŏhae Line, also known as the Anju Colliery Line (안주 탄광선), is a partially electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Mundŏk on the P'yŏngŭi Line to Hwap'ung.[1] The line is electrified between Mundŏk and T'aehyang and between Ch'ŏngnam and Sŏsi.

History

The Korean State Railway built this line to exploit coal fields in the area, opening the 22.4 km (13.9 mi) Mundŏk—Ch'ŏngnam—Namdong line in the 1970s.[2] Electrification of the line to Namdong was completed in 1978. In 1987 the line was expanded in two directions - one a loop line from Samch'ŏnp'o - the Ch'ŏngnam Line, and the other an extension westwards from Ch'ŏngnam to Hwap'ung.[2] The section from P'yŏngnam Sŏho to Hwap'ung was later abandoned.

Services

Much of the coal that originates on the line is shipped to the Ch'ŏngch'ŏn River Thermal Power Plant on the Ch'ŏnghwaryŏk Line.[3]

Route

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.

Mainline

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 Mundŏk 문덕 (文徳) Mansŏng 만성 (万城) P'yŏngŭi Line
~5.6 ~5.6 Sŏngbŏp 성법 (聖法)
~11.4 ~5.8 Ch'ŏngnam 청남 (清南) Namdong Branch, Ch'ŏngnam Line
~13.6 ~2.2 Ripsŏk T'an'gwang 립석탄광 (立石炭鉱)
~16.4 ~2.8 T'aehyang 태향 (汰香)
~21.5 ~5.1 P'yŏngnam Sŏho 평남서호 (平南西湖)
~25.3 ~3.8 Sŏsi 서시 (-) Sŏsa 서사 (西砂) Ch'ŏngnam Line
~24.8
(from P. Sŏho)		 ~3.3
(from P. Sŏho)		 Hwap'ung 화풍 (和豊) Closed

Namdong Branch

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 Ch'ŏngnam 청남 (清南) Sŏhae Line, Ch'ŏngnam Line
~4.0 ~4.0 Samch'ŏnp'o 삼천포 (三川浦) Ch'ŏngnam Line
~11.0 ~7.0 Namdong 남동 (南洞) Closed. 22.4 km from Mundŏk.
Namdong Line

Sŏngbŏp Branch

Closed.

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 Sŏngbŏp 성법 (聖法) Sŏhae Line
Taegyo 대교 (大橋) P'yŏngŭi Line

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. 1 2 Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, ISBN 978-89-7300-728-8, pp. 114-115
  3. ↑ North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography - P'yŏngŭi Line (in Korean)

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