Changjin Line

Changjin Line
Overview
Native name	장진선(長津線)
Status	Operational
Owner	Sinhŭng Railway (1934–1938) Chosen Railway (1938–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	South Hamgyŏng
Termini	Yŏnggwang Sasu
Stations	13
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail
History
Opened	1 October 1926 (Yŏnggwang—Sangt'ong) 1 September 1934 (Sangt'ong—Samgŏ) 1 November 1934 (Samgŏ—Kujin)
Closed	15 July 1935 (Sindae—Kujin) 30 Aug. 1935 (Sasu—Sindae)
Technical
Line length	58.6 km (36.4 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1500 V DC Overhead line
Maximum incline	370‰
Route map Legend Sinhŭng Line standard gauge Changjin Line narrow gauge Chŭngnimgang 0.0 Yŏnggwang Narrow-gauge maintenance shops Power station (bridge appx 40 m (130 ft)) 5.6 Tongyang 9.1 Songdang (bridge appx 145 m (476 ft)) (bridge appx 25 m (82 ft)) 11.4 Tongchŏng Closed 13.3 Sangt'ong (bridge appx 220 m (720 ft)) 17.3 Ryongsu (tunnel appx 130 m (430 ft)) (bridge appx 200 m (660 ft)) (tunnel appx 125 m (410 ft)) 23.3 Hagich'ŏn Hagich'ŏn town power plant (bridge appx 45 m (148 ft)) 28.4 Samgŏ   0.0 Cable-hauled section - bottom end (bridge appx 55 m (180 ft)) power plant 32.0 Pojang (bridge appx 135 m (443 ft))   7.4 Cable-hauled section - summit end Cable-hauling machinery house Summit (tunnel appx 275 m (902 ft)) 35.8 Hwangch'oryŏng (bridge appx 25 m (82 ft)) (bridge appx 80 m (260 ft)) (bridge appx 50 m (160 ft)) Kot'o town 41.2 Kot'o engine house 46.4 Pusŏng Closed 49.2 Sangp'yŏng Changjin airbase Changjin town 54.3 Changjin 58.6 Sasu (bridge appx 295 m (968 ft)) 62.7 Sindae Closed 1935 68.4 Chungnam Closed 1935 75.1 Kujin Closed 1935

The Changjin Line (Korean: 장진선) is an electrified narrow gauge line of the North Korean State Railway running from Yŏnggwang on the Sinhŭng Line to Sasu on Lake Changjin.^[1] There is a 7.4 km (4.6 mi) cable-hauled section between Samgo and Hwangch'oryong; between Pojang and Hwangch'oryong the grade reaches 370‰.^[2]