Ongjin Line

Ongjin Line
Overview
Native name옹진선(甕津線)
StatusOperational
OwnerChosen Railway (1936–1944)
Chosen Government Railway (1944–1945)
Korean National Railroad (1945–1950)
Korean State Railway (since 1945)
LocaleSouth Hwanghae
Termini
History
OpenedStages between 1936-1937
Technical
Line length43.5 km (27.0 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Old gauge762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Route map

Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
-1.1
East Haeju
former Sahae Line
0.0
Haeju Ch'ŏngnyŏn
1.0
Ch'ŏngyang
Closed
2.3
Haeju
Closed
(bridge appx 55 m (180 ft))
2.9
Wangsin
7.1
West Haeju
3 factories with 5 km of spur track
10.8
Sŏsŏk
Closed
(bridge appx 90 m (300 ft))
(bridge appx 65 m (213 ft))
19.3
Pyŏksŏng
22.3
Kukpong
Closed
Chayang
Closed
26.8
Changdun
34.2
Singangryŏng
(former wye)
(bridge appx 75 m (246 ft))
(bridge appx 50 m (160 ft))
37.0
Raengjŏng
Closed
(bridge appx 65 m (213 ft))
40.4
Ongjin
Ongjin Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
옹진선
Hancha
Revised RomanizationOngjin-seon
McCune–ReischauerOngjin-sŏn

The Ongjin Line is a partially electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in South Hwanghae Province, North Korea, running from Haeju on the Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line to Ongjin.[1]

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