Pochon Line

Poch'ŏn Line
Overview
Other name(s)Paektusan Forest Railway
백두산림철선(白頭山林鐵線)
Native name보천선(普天線)
StatusClosed
OwnerKorean State Railway
LocaleRyanggang
Termini
  • Karim
  • Ryanggang Taep'yŏng
Stations8
Service
TypeHeavy rail
History
Opened1940s
Closed1994
Technical
Line length31.5 km (19.6 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Electrification1500 V DC Overhead line
(Karim–Poch'ŏn)
Route map

0.0
Karim
Closed
(bridge appx 55 m (180 ft))
3.3
Poch'ŏn
Closed
5.7
Konjangdŏk
Closed
(bridge appx 45 m (148 ft))
(bridge appx 60 m (200 ft))
10.2
Naegok
Closed
(bridge appx 50 m (160 ft))
15.6
Onsu
Closed
(bridge appx 50 m (160 ft))
20.9
Taejin
Closed
(bridge appx 60 m (200 ft))
24.8
Ryŏsu
Closed
(bridge appx 40 m (130 ft))
31.5
Ryanggang Taep'yŏng
Closed
Pochon Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
보천선
Hancha
Revised RomanizationBocheon-seon
McCune–ReischauerPoch'ŏn-sŏn

The Poch'ŏn Line, also known as Paektusan Rimch'ŏl Line (Mount Paektu Forestry Line), is a former partially electrified narrow gauge line of the Korean State Railway in Ryanggang Province, North Korea, running from Karim on the Samjiyŏn Line to Ryanggang Taep'yŏng.[1]

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