Pinallon Line

Pinallon Line
Overview
Other name(s)Vinylon Line
Native name비날론선
StatusOperational
OwnerKorean State Railway
LocaleHamhŭng-si
Termini
Stations7
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Freight rail
History
OpenedMay 1961
Technical
Line length14.1 km (8.8 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

Pinallon Line
Sŏho Line
P'yŏngra Line
Sinhŭng Line
0.0
Hamhŭng Choch'ajang
3.4
Sŏngch'ŏngang
Pinallon Sŏho Line
5.7
Pinallon Pinallon Line
(bridge appx 35 m (115 ft))
arsenal
7.6
Unjung
9.6
Ryongsŏng
11.2
Hŭngnam Port
Hadŏk
15.4
Hŭngnam
Sŏho
Pinallon Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
비날론선
Hancha
비날론
Revised RomanizationBinallon-seon
McCune–ReischauerPinallon-sŏn

The Pinallon Line or Vinylon Line is an electrified, freight-only industrial railway line of the Korean State Railway in Hamhŭng, South Hamgyŏng, North Korea, running from Hamhung marshalling yard to Hŭngnam via the February 8 Vinylon Complex in Hŭngnam.[1]

It runs parallel to the narrow-gauge Sŏho Line for most of its length.

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6