Namyanggukkyong Line

Namyang Border Line
The railway bridge over the Tumen River
Overview
Native name남양국경선(南陽國境線)
StatusOperational
OwnerSouth Manchuria Railway (1933–1945)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
LocaleNorth Hamgyŏng
Termini
Stations2
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Passenger & freight rail
Regional rail
History
Opened1 August 1933
Technical
Line length0.8 km (0.50 mi)
Number of tracksSingle track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification3000 V DC Catenary
Route map

Namyanggukkyŏng Line
towards Rajin
0.0
Namyang
car shops
3.3
Tumen
0.8
Gukkyŏng
China~DPRK
(bridge appx 450 m (1,480 ft))
towards Ch'ŏngjin
Namyanggukkyong Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
남양국경선
Hancha
Revised RomanizationNamyangukgyeong-seon
McCune–ReischauerNamyanggukkyŏng-sŏn

The Namyanggukkyŏng Line, or Namyang Border Line, is a 0.8 km (0.50 mi) long railway line of the Korean State Railway connecting Namyang on the Hambuk Line with Kukkyŏng at the DPRKChina border, continuing on to Tumen, China, 3.3 km (2.1 mi) from Namyang.[1] At Tumen it connects with China Railway's Changtu Railway (Changchun–Tumen; 长图铁路), Tujia Railway (Tumen–Jiamusi; 图佳铁路), and Tuhun Railway (Tumen–South HunchunChanglingzi and on to Russia; 图珲铁路). The line is electrified between Namyang and Kukkyong.

  1. ^ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), p. 93 ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6