Paektusan Chongnyon Line

Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
Overview
Other name(s)	Kilhye Line
Native name	백두산청년선(白頭山靑年線)
Status	Operational
Owner	Chosen Government Railway (1933–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	North Hamgyŏng Ryanggang
Termini	Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Stations	22
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail
Depot(s)	Hyesan
History
Opened	Stages between 1933-1937
Technical
Line length	141.7 km (88.0 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius	250 m (820 ft)
Electrification	3000 V DC Catenary
Route map Legend P'yŏngra Line 0.0 Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'yŏngra Line 3.9 Pongam Closed (tunnel appx 140 m (460 ft)) (bridge appx 30 m (98 ft)) 10.3 Namsŏk (tunnel appx 90 m (300 ft)) (bridge appx 30 m (98 ft)) 18.4 Sŏnghu Namdaech'ŏn (bridge appx 120 m (390 ft)) (tunnel appx 200 m (660 ft)) (tunnel appx 190 m (620 ft)) Namdaech'ŏn (bridge appx 95 m (312 ft)) switchback 22.8 P'unggye underground facility Namdaech'ŏn (bridge appx 105 m (344 ft)) 26.2 Chaedŏk (tunnel appx 145 m (476 ft)) Namdaech'ŏn (bridge appx 100 m (330 ft)) (tunnel appx 130 m (430 ft)) Namdaech'ŏn (bridge appx 85 m (279 ft)) Namdaech'ŏn (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) Namdaech'ŏn (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) 35.2 Sŏngdŏk Namdaech'ŏn (bridge appx 75 m (246 ft)) Namdaech'ŏn (bridge appx 80 m (260 ft)) (tunnel appx 120 m (390 ft)) Namdaech'ŏn (bridge appx 90 m (300 ft)) Namdaech'ŏn (bridge appx 65 m (213 ft)) (tunnel appx 155 m (509 ft)) Namdaech'ŏn (bridge appx 75 m (246 ft)) 43.0 Sado 47.4 Yanggok Namdaech'ŏn (bridge appx 85 m (279 ft)) (tunnel appx 185 m (607 ft)) Namdaech'ŏn (bridge appx 55 m (180 ft)) 57.2 Hapsu Hapsu freight yard (tunnel appx 815 m (2,674 ft)) (tunnel appx 745 m (2,444 ft)) Namgye freight yard 63.0 Namgye (tunnel appx 160 m (520 ft)) (tunnel appx 90 m (300 ft)) (tunnel appx 220 m (720 ft)) 70.0 Paeg'am Ch'ŏngnyŏn sawmill Paengmu Line (tunnel appx 2,205 m (7,234 ft)) 81.0 Ryŏngha 85.9 Ryŏngnam 90.5 Namjung Unch'ong River (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) Ryong'am Closed Ryongp'och'ŏn Ryongp'o Closed Ryongp'och'ŏn (bridge appx 45 m (148 ft)) 95.6 Saengjang Unch'ong River (bridge appx 55 m (180 ft)) 99.7 Unhŭng Unch'ong River (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) (tunnel appx 270 m (890 ft)) Unch'ong River (bridge appx 70 m (230 ft)) 108.7 Poan (tunnel appx 290 m (950 ft)) Unch'ong River (bridge appx 50 m (160 ft)) 116.1 Simp'ori Unch'ong River (bridge appx 95 m (312 ft)) Ilgŏn mine (tunnel appx 1,690 m (5,540 ft)) 124.6 Taeoch'ŏn (bridge appx 55 m (180 ft)) Osich'ŏn Line Hyesan No. 1 Station private 132.6 Kŏmsalli Samjiyŏn Line 137.1 Wiyŏn Hyesan Steel Mill (tunnel appx 410 m (1,350 ft)) 141.7 Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Hyesan Textile Factory Pukbunaeryuk Line

The Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary mainline of the Korean State Railway running from Kilju on the P'yŏngra Line to Hyesan on the Pukbunaeryuk Line; it connects to the narrow gauge Paengmu Line at Paeg'am Ch'ŏngnyŏn Station, and to the Samjiyŏn Line at Wiyŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn Station.^[1]