Pyongbuk Line

P'yŏngbuk Line
View of Ch'ŏngsu Station
Overview
Native name	평북선(平北線)
Owner	P'yŏngbuk Railway (1939–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	North P'yŏngan
Termini	Chŏngju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Ch'ŏngsu
Stations	13
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail
History
Opened	27 September 1939
Technical
Line length	120.5 km (74.9 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC Catenary
Route map Legend P'yŏngŭi Line P'yŏngbuk Line 0.0 Chŏngju Ch'ŏngnyŏn (bridge appx 65 m (213 ft)) (tunnel appx 185 m (607 ft)) (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) 10.4 Koan Closed (tunnel appx 285 m (935 ft)) 16.5 Pongmyŏng (bridge appx 75 m (246 ft)) (bridge appx 50 m (160 ft)) (tunnel appx 190 m (620 ft)) 28.4 Panghyŏn (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) (bridge appx 140 m (460 ft)) 7th Aircraft Parts Factory (bridge appx 140 m (460 ft)) (bridge appx 75 m (246 ft)) April 3 Factory Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line 41.2 Kusŏng (bridge appx 60 m (200 ft)) 49.0 Paegun (bridge appx 85 m (279 ft)) 4-track yard underground facility (bridge appx 90 m (300 ft)) (tunnel appx 485 m (1,591 ft)) (bridge appx 115 m (377 ft)) 63.9 P'alyŏng 70.5 Taeryŏnggang Taeryŏng River (bridge appx 135 m (443 ft)) (tunnel appx 100 m (330 ft)) (bridge appx 110 m (360 ft)) (tunnel appx 160 m (520 ft)) Taegwalli Line (bridge appx 140 m (460 ft)) 78.2 0.0 Sin'on 3.4 (tunnel appx 135 m (443 ft)) tunnel appx 3,700 m (12,100 ft) Kugŏkch'ŏn 91.2 P'ungnyŏn tunnel appx 90 m (300 ft) tunnel appx 85 m (279 ft) tunnel appx 90 m (300 ft) (bridge appx 100 m (330 ft)) 100.0 Sŏbu (bridge appx 100 m (330 ft)) 105.9 P'anmak (tunnel appx 150 m (490 ft)) (bridge appx 135 m (443 ft)) (bridge appx 130 m (430 ft)) (tunnel appx 155 m (509 ft)) (bridge appx 85 m (279 ft)) (tunnel appx 150 m (490 ft)) (bridge appx 100 m (330 ft)) 113.7 Pup'ung Amrokkang Line Sup'ung Line (tunnel appx 600 m (2,000 ft)) 120.5 Ch'ŏngsu ←China - Yalu River - DPRK→ (bridge appx 660 m (2,170 ft)) Shanghekou (China) China Railway Fengshang Railway

The P'yŏngbuk Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary trunk line of the Korean State Railway in North Pyŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Chŏngju on the P'yŏngŭi Line to Ch'ŏngsu; it meets the Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line at Kusŏng, and at Ch'ŏngsu, via a bridge across the Yalu River, it goes to Shanghekou, China, where it connects to China Railway's Fengshang Railway to Fenghuangcheng.^[1]