Manpo Line

Manpo Line
Overview
Native name만포선(滿浦線)
OwnerMitsui Mining Railway (1918–1927)
Kaech'ŏn Light Railway (1927–1933)
Chosen Government Railway (1933–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
LocaleSouth P'yŏngan, North P'yŏngan, Chagang
Termini
  • Sunch'ŏn
  • Manpo Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Stations44
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Regional rail
History
OpenedStages between 1918 - 1939
Technical
Line length299.8 km (186.3 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Old gauge762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius300 m (980 ft)
Electrification3000 V DC Catenary
Maximum incline24.5‰
Route map

0.0
Sunch'ŏn
Sunch'ŏn Calcium Cyanamide Factory
10.9
Chungp'yŏng
17.7
Kag'am
January 18 Machinery Complex
22.1
Ryongwŏlli
(mine)
32.6
Ch'ŏndong
38.9
Kaech'ŏn
46.9
Wŏlli
49.9
Pongch'ŏn
54.0
Chajak
58.3
Ramjŏn
underground facility
Ryong'am Line
mine
Kujang Cement Complex
63.0
Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn
northern curve under construction
68.5
Ŏryong
71.5
Sinhŭngdong
81.1
Puksinhyŏn
Myohyangsan KWP-only station
90.1
Myohyangsan
103.0
Pusŏng
109.8
Hŭich'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Ch'ŏngha
122.9
Ch'osang
129.3
Tongsin
140.0
Kaego Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Ryŏnmok
Closed
156.6
Chinp'yŏng
167.3
Koin
(turntable)
174.2
Riman
184.3
Ch'angp'yŏng
189.5
Unsong
Unsong Colliery
195.1
Chŏnch'ŏn
Chŏnch'ŏn Match Factory
203.1
Hwaam
212.5
Ssangbangdong
217.4
Chungsŏnggan
221.5
Sŏnggan
230.5
Sinch'ŏng
Puji
Closed
243.9
Kongin
lumber mill
Sin'ganggye
250.6
Kanggye
Kanggye KWP-only station
260.9
Kokha
269.8
Ssangbu
276.9
Anch'an
286.0
Sijung
291.9
Kŏnha
299.8
Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Ji'an
Manpo Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
만포선
Hancha
Revised RomanizationManposeon
McCune–ReischauerManp'osŏn

The Manp'o Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the North Korean State Railway running from Sunch'ŏn on the P'yŏngra Line to Manp'o on the Pukpu Line. The line continues on from Manp'o to Ji'an, China.[1]

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 91, ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6