Toksong Line

Toksong Line
Overview
Other name(s) Pukch'ŏng Line
Native name 덕성선 (德城線)
Type Heavy rail, Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale South Hamgyong
Termini Sinbukch'ŏng
Sangri
Stations 12
Operation
Opened 20 September 1929 (Sinbukch'ŏng–Pukch'ŏng)
10 October 1960 (Pukch'ŏng–Sangri)
Owner Chosen Government Railway (1929–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Technical
Line length 51.7 km (32.1 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
P'yŏngra Line
0.0 Sinbukch'ŏng
4.4 Ryangga
9.4 Pukch'ŏng
14.4 Rahadae Closed
19.0 Tŏksŏng
22.7 Chuŭidong Closed
25.8 Yangsŭng Closed
30.2 Top'yŏng
35.3 Samgi
43.2 Songjung
47.7 Sang'il Closed
former mine
51.7 Sangri
Toksong Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 덕성선
Hancha 德城線
Revised Romanization Deokseong-seon
McCune–Reischauer Tŏksŏng-sŏn

The Tŏksŏng Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South Hamgyŏng Province, North Korea, running from Sinbukch'ŏng on the P'yŏngra Line to Sangri.[1]

History

On 20 September 1929 the Chosen Government Railway opened the Pukch'ŏng Line from Sinbukch'ŏng to Pukch'ŏng. In the 1940s an extension of the railway had been planned, but the construction was stopped because of the defeat of Japan in the Pacific War. The planned extension, from Pukch'ŏng to Sangri, was completed by the Korean State Railway and opened on 6 October 1960,[2] and given its current name.[3]

Services

Two passenger trains are known to operate on this line:[4]

  • Regional trains 261/262, operating between Hamhŭng and Samgi, run on this line between Sinbukch'ŏng and Samgi;
  • Local trains 866/867 operate on the entirety of this line between Sinbukch'ŏng and Sangri.

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 Sinbukch'ŏng 신북청 (新北青) P'yŏngra Line
4.4 4.4 Ryangga 량가 (良家)
9.4 5.0 Pukch'ŏng 북청 (北青)
14.4 5.0 Rahadae 라하대 (羅下坮) Closed
19.0 4.6 Tŏksŏng 덕성 (徳城)
22.7 3.7 Chuŭidong 주의동 (主義洞) Closed
25.8 3.1 Yangsŭng 양승 (楊勝) Closed
30.2 4.4 Top'yŏng 도평 (島坪)
35.3 5.1 Samgi 삼기 (三岐)
43.2 7.9 Songjung 송중 (松中)
47.7 4.5 Sang'il 상일 (上一) Closed
51.7 4.0 Sangri 상리 (上里)

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p 88 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p 76 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  3. ↑ Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, ISBN 978-89-7300-728-8, pp. 114
  4. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 125 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  • Ministry of Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations), p501

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