Paengma Line

Paengma Line
Overview
Native name	백마선(白馬線)
Status	Operational
Owner	Temporary Military Railway (1905–1906) National Railway (1906–1909) Korea Railway (1909–1910) Chosen Government Railway (1910–1917) South Manchuria Railway (1917–1925) Chosen Government Railway (1925–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	North P'yŏngan
Termini	Yŏmju South Sinŭiju
Stations	7
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail
History
Opened	28 April 1905 1 April 1908 (Passenger service)
Technical
Line length	39.6 km (24.6 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	400 m (1,300 ft)
Maximum incline	13‰
Route map Legend P'yŏngŭi Line 0.0 Yŏmju P'yŏngŭi Line Taebong River (bridge appx 40 m (130 ft)) 8.7 Ryangch'aek Ryangch'aek Bearing Factory Taebong River (bridge appx 35 m (115 ft)) 16.5 P'ihyŏn (bridge appx 35 m (115 ft)) (tunnel appx 255 m (837 ft)) 23.0 Ryonggyeri 2.6 P'ihyŏn Brick Factory Taebong River (bridge appx 450 m (1,480 ft)) Ponghwa Chemical Complex 25.8 Paengma (bridge appx 30 m (98 ft)) tank car loading Ponghwa Chemical Complex 3.8 underground facility (bridge appx 75 m (246 ft)) (tunnel appx 230 m (750 ft)) 3.1 Songhwa Residence (tunnel appx 545 m (1,788 ft)) 37.0 Sŏkha (bridge appx 70 m (230 ft)) P'yŏngŭi Line 39.6 South Sinŭiju Tŏkhyŏn Line P'yŏngŭi Line

The Paengma Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Yŏmju on the P'yŏngŭi Line to South Sinŭiju, likewise on the P'yŏngui Line.^[1]