Supung Line

Sup'ung Line
The railway bridge at Sup'ung Station
heading towards the Sup'ung Dam.
Overview
Native name 수풍선 (水豊線)
Type Heavy rail, Regional rail, Freight rail
Status Operational
Locale North P'yŏngan
Termini Pup'ung
Sup'ung
Stations 2
Operation
Opened 27 September 1939
Owner P'yŏngbuk Railway (1939–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Technical
Line length 2.5 km (1.6 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'yŏngbuk Line
Sup'ung Line
Amrokkang Line
0.0 Pup'ung
2.5 Sup'ung
Sup'ung Dam
4.1 Amrokkang
Supung Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 수풍선
Hancha 水豊線
Revised Romanization Supung-seon
McCune–Reischauer Sup'ung-sŏn
Sup'ung Dam viewed from the Chinese side; the end of the Sup'ung Line can be seen on the right.

The Sup'ung Line is an electrified railway line of the Korean State Railway in North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Pup'ung on the P'yŏngbuk Line to Sup'ung.[1]

History

The Sup'ung Line was opened, together with the main line, by the P'yŏngbuk Railway on 27 September 1939 to assist with the construction of the Sup'ung Dam.[2]

Following the partition of Korea the line was located within the Soviet zone of occupation, and was nationalised along with all the other railways in the zone by the Provisional People’s Committee for North Korea on 10 August 1946,[1] becoming part of the Korean State Railway. Electrification of the entire line was completed in 1980.[3]

Services

Sup'ung Station, the terminus of the line, is served by six pairs of commuter trains that run along the Ch'ongsu—Sup'ung—P'ungnyŏn route.[3]


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 Pup'ung 부풍 (富豊) Amrokkang Line, P'yŏngdŏk Line
2.5 2.5 Sup'ung 수풍 (水豊)

References

  1. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 3813, 3 October 1939
  3. 1 2 North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography - P'yŏngbuk Line (in Korean)

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