Pyongnam Line

P'yŏngnam Line
Overview
Native name	평남선(平南線)
Owner	Chosen Gov't Railway (P'yŏngnam Line, 1910–1945) Chosen P'yŏngan Railway (Onch'ŏn Line, 1938–1945) Korean State Railway (since 1945)
Locale	P'yŏngyang South P'yŏngan Namp'o
Termini	P'yŏngyang P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn, Namp'o
Stations	18
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail Passenger/Freight
History
Opened	P'yŏngyang–Namp'o: 16 October 1910 Namp'o–P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn: 8 July 1938
Technical
Line length	89.9 km (55.9 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC Catenary (P'yŏngyang - Namp'o)
Route map Legend P'yŏngra Line, P'yŏngŭi Line West P'yŏngyang 3.9 Pot'onggang (bridge appx 210 m (690 ft)) (bridge appx 185 m (607 ft)) 0.0 P'yŏngyang P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line P'yŏngbu Line 7.5 Choch'ŏn Closed 8.7 Ch'ilgol P'yŏngyang Wheat Flour Factory Youth Hero Motorway (bridge appx 220 m (720 ft)) 13.3 Taep'o Closed 15.8 Taep'yŏng Ch'ŏllima Steel Complex 23.1 Ch'ŏllima Chamjilli Line Ch'ŏllima Steel Complex Ch'ŏllima Steel Complex powerplant Chamjilli Line Posan Line Kŭmsŏng Tractor Factory 28.3 Kangsŏ Tae'an Line 35.2 T'aesŏng Youth Hero Motorway 40.7 Ryonggang Ryonggang Line 42.7 Chinji Closed (bridge appx 100 m (330 ft)) 47.6 Kalch'ŏn Tojiri Line 54.9 Sinnamp'o 55.2 Namp'o Namp'o container port Namp'ohang Line 64.0 Tŏktong 68.4 Sillyŏngri Sŏhae Kammun Line 73.1 East Kwangryang 75.3 West Kwangryang 78.0 Hwado 80.5 Rosang KPAF Onch'ŏn air base Namdong Line 89.3 P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn 84.4 Kwisŏng

The P'yŏngnam Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the Korean State Railway in North Korea, linking P'yŏngyang with the port city of Namp'o and the hot springs at P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn. The length of the line is 89.9 km (55.9 mi).^[1]

The P'yŏngnam Line serves as a connection between the various trunk lines starting at P'yŏngyang that serve the north and east of the country with the lines in the southwestern part of North Korea by means of a connection to the Sŏhae Kammun Line (West Sea Barrage Line). It connects to the Ryonggang Line and the Taean Line,^[2] as well as to the P'yŏngyanghwajŏn Line, the Chamjilli Line, the Posan Line, the Tojiri Line, the Namp'o Port Line, and, formerly, the Namdong Line.^[1]