Tongpo Line

Tongp'o Line
Overview
Native name 동포선 (東浦線)
Type Heavy rail, Freight rail
Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale North Hamgyŏng
Termini Chongsŏng
Tongp'o
Stations 2
Operation
Opened 1 November 1924
Owner Tomun Railway (1924–1929)
Chosen Government Railway (1929–1934)
South Manchuria Railway (1934–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Technical
Line length 15.6 km (9.7 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
 Hambuk Line
 Tongp'o Line
Tumen River
0.0 Chongsŏng
Changsaeng-ri
15.6 Tongp'omine
Tongpo Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 동포선
Hancha 東浦線
Revised Romanization Dongpo-seon
McCune–Reischauer Tongp'o-sŏn

The Tongp'o Line is a non-electrified 15.6 km (9.7 mi) long railway line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea, connecting Chongsŏng on the Hambuk Line with Tongp'o.[1]

History

It was originally opened by the Tomun Railway together with the Sangsambong−Chongsŏng section of the West Tomun Line on 1 November 1924.[2] It was subsequently nationalised by the Chosen Government Railway in 1929, and from 1934 to 1945 it was managed by the South Manchuria Railway.[3] Finally, after the partition of Korea it became part of the Korean State Railway.[1]

Services

Coal is shipped from mines on this line to the Kim Chaek Iron & Steel Complex at Kimchaek and the Ch'ŏngjin Steel Works in Ch'ŏngjin, with the order of collection from each line arranged in the order of the total weight of the outbound cars.[4]

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 Chongsŏn 종성 (鍾城) Hambuk Line
15.6 15.6 Tongp'o 동포 (東浦)

References

  1. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō) ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ 朝鮮総督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa No. 669, 28 March 1929 (in Japanese)
  3. ↑ 南満州鉄道株式会社全路線 Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "북한지리정보: 운수지리 함북선". Naver. Retrieved 2017-08-16.

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