Donghae Bukbu Line

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Donghae Bukbu Line
View of Donghae Bukbu line from Reunification Observatory.
Overview
Native name	동해북부선(東海北部線)
Status	Operational
Owner	Korea Rail Network Authority
Locale	Gangwon (South Korea) Gangwon (North Korea)
Termini	Jejin Kamho
Stations	2
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Freight rail
Operator(s)	Korail
History
Opened	Stages between 1929-1937
Reopening	May 17, 2007
Closed	January 1, 1967 (Sokcho–Yangyang)
Technical
Line length	11.1 km (6.9 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend Operating points and lines[1] Kumgangsan Chongnyon Line 0.0 Kamho ↑DPRK/ROK↓ 5.1 Chogu Until 1950 11.1 Jejin 21.1 Hyeonnae 28.5 Geojin 35.9 Goseong(Ganseong) 42.6 Gonghyeonjin 48.5 Munam 54.4 Cheonjin–ri ↑Goseong/Sokcho↓ 60.9 Sokcho 66.7 Daepo ↑Sokcho/Yangyang↓ 70.4 Naksansa 77.8 Yangyang

The Donghae Bukbu Line is a former railway line that connected the present-day city of Anbyon in Kangwon Province, North Korea, with Yangyang, Gangwon Province, South Korea. Since the division of Korea it has only carried trains for a brief period during 2007/8. The line originally connected to the Gyeongwon Line running from Gyeongseong (present-day Seoul) to Wonsan.

It began running in 1929 between Anbyon and Hupgok, and was extended to Yangyang in 1937. Plans had called for it to be extended south to Pohang, where it would have connected with the Donghae Nambu Line. However, this extension was not completed before the fall of the Japanese regime in 1945, and since then the tracks have been idle.