Pyongdok Line

P'yŏngdŏk Line
Overview
Native name	평덕선(平德線)
Status	Operational
Owner	Chosen Government Railway (1911–1945) West Chosen Central Railway (1939–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	P'yŏngyang North Hwanghae South Pyŏngan North Pyŏngan
Termini	Taedonggang Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Stations	37
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail
Depot(s)	P'yŏngyang
History
Opened	P'yŏngyang Colliery Line: 1911–1918 Sŏsŏn Line: 1939–1945 Tŏkpal Line: 1945–1954
Technical
Line length	192.3 km (119.5 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
Maximum incline	20‰
Route map Legend P'yŏngbu Line Taedong River rubber factory textile machinery plant 0.0 Taedonggang textile mill grain processing factory elevator factory P'yŏngbu Line textile factory 3.3 Sŏngyori Closed 3.2 East P'yŏngyang Kŭmp'yŏng Motor Works food factory 6.4 Songsin fur tannery 7.5 Sadong Closed three factories KPA 11.2 Factory 13.4 10.8 Mirim Mirim Block Factory 19.3 Ch'ŏngryong Myŏngdang Line (bridge appx 360 m (1,180 ft)) 21.1 Ripsŏngri Kobi Line Sŭnghori Cement Complex 25.9 Sŭnghori concrete sleeper factory mine 30.1 Mandalli (tunnel appx 120 m (390 ft)) (tunnel appx 240 m (790 ft)) 33.9 0.0 Hwach'ŏn 6.0 Chaeryongsan coal mine (tunnel appx 425 m (1,394 ft)) 38.6 Kŭmok (tunnel appx 275 m (902 ft)) 41.8 Songga Tŏksan Line (tunnel appx 500 m (1,600 ft)) Samdŭng Colliery Line 48.2 Samdŭng 51.5 Hŭngryŏng coal mine (tunnel appx 340 m (1,120 ft)) 55.5 Sŏngrŭm (tunnel appx 275 m (902 ft)) (tunnel appx 145 m (476 ft)) 2.2 chrysotile mine (bridge appx 120 m (390 ft)) 64.0 0.0 Kangdong (tunnel appx 430 m (1,410 ft)) 72.0 Paegwŏn (tunnel appx 230 m (750 ft)) (tunnel appx 285 m (935 ft)) 78.2 Sundŏk Closed 81.2 Sŏngch'ŏn (bridge appx 255 m (837 ft)) 88.2 Samdŏk (tunnel appx 110 m (360 ft)) (tunnel appx 120 m (390 ft)) (tunnel appx 300 m (980 ft)) (tunnel appx 160 m (520 ft)) (tunnel appx 125 m (410 ft)) P'yŏngra Line 94.3 Sinsŏngch'ŏn P'yŏngra Line 101.7 Kŭmp'yŏng (tunnel appx 185 m (607 ft)) 105.0 Wŏnch'ang Ryŏngdae Line 111.0 Kujŏng Chaedong Line (tunnel appx 1,080 m (3,540 ft)) 118.0 Songnam Ch'ŏngnyŏn Solgol Colliery Line 122.0 Kach'ang underground facility (tunnel appx 135 m (443 ft)) 130.4 Pukch'ang Kwanha Line Tŭkchang Line (bridge appx 115 m (377 ft)) 133.9 Okch'ŏn (tunnel appx 120 m (390 ft)) 136.3 Kuhyŏn Ingp'o Line (tunnel appx 115 m (377 ft)) (bridge appx 165 m (541 ft)) 139.7 Hoe'an coal mine (tunnel appx 250 m (820 ft)) 145.1 Namdŏk coal mine 149.1 Chenam coal mine 152.8 Namdŏkch'ŏn Tŏngnam Line (bridge appx 400 m (1,300 ft)) 154.8 Tŏkch'ŏn Sŭngri Motors Sŏch'ang Line (tunnel appx 100 m (330 ft)) underground facility 2.1 Myohyangsan (private) 159.5 0.0 Hyangwŏn 165.2 Hyangjang Changsang Line (tunnel appx 225 m (738 ft)) (tunnel appx 210 m (690 ft)) 169.4 Tuillyŏng (tunnel appx 410 m (1,350 ft)) (tunnel appx 230 m (750 ft)) (tunnel appx 130 m (430 ft)) (tunnel appx 155 m (509 ft)) (tunnel appx 200 m (660 ft)) (tunnel appx 170 m (560 ft)) (tunnel appx 140 m (460 ft)) (tunnel appx 205 m (673 ft)) (tunnel appx 360 m (1,180 ft)) 178.2 Hamga coal mine (tunnel appx 150 m (490 ft)) (tunnel appx 200 m (660 ft)) 180.4 Kudan Closed (tunnel appx 145 m (476 ft)) (tunnel appx 225 m (738 ft)) Ryongam Line underground facility Manp'o Line 192.3 Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn Manp'o Line Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line

The P'yŏngdŏk Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea running from Taedonggang Station in P'yŏngyang, where it connects to the P'yŏngbu, P'yŏngnam, P'yŏngra and P'yŏngŭi Lines, to Kujang, where it connects to the Manp'o and Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Lines.^[1] The total length of the line is 192.3 km (119.5 mi).