Samjiyon Line

Samjiyŏn Line
Overview
Native name	삼지연선 (三池淵線)
Status	Operational
Owner	Korean State Railway
Locale	Ryanggang
Termini	Wiyŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn Motka
Stations	12
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	Korean State Railway
History
Opened	1948
Closed	1994
Reopened	5 April 2017
Technical
Line length	77.2 km (48.0 mi) (old line) 64.0 km (39.8 mi) (new line)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Old gauge	762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1500 V DC Overhead line (old line)
Route map Legend Paektusan Ch. Line 0.0 Wiyŏn Paektusan Ch. Line (new bridge appx 90 m (300 ft)) (old bridge appx 85 m (279 ft)) 1.3 Hwajŏn Closed 6.2 6.3 Poch'ŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn Poch'ŏn Line Closed Karimch'ŏn (old bridge appx 25 m (82 ft)) (old bridge appx 40 m (130 ft)) 10.8 Sangŭip'yŏng Closed Kusimuldong Closed 13.5 Kansambong Closed (old bridge appx 170 m (560 ft)) (new bridge appx 275 m (902 ft)) 14.4 P'ot'ae (tunnel appx 330 m (1,080 ft)) (tunnel appx 135 m (443 ft)) (tunnel appx 540 m (1,770 ft)) (tunnel appx 420 m (1,380 ft)) 20.2 Nongsan Closed (bridge appx 305 m (1,001 ft)) 25.7 Chagasu Closed 31.5 Toksan Closed 48.6 Samp'o Closed (bridge appx 40 m (130 ft)) 56.0 Yangsu Closed Rimyŏngsu Ch'ŏngnyŏn 58.9 Rimyŏngsu Closed 61.2 Kŏnch'ang switchback Closed 69.3 Pegaebong Closed 72.2 Samjiyŏn Closed 59.4 Samjiyŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn 64.0 77.2 Samjiyŏn Motka new line old line

Samjiyŏn Line is the name of a railway line of the Korean State Railway in Ryanggang Province, North Korea, running from Wiyŏn on the Paektusan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line to Motka.^[1] The name is applied both to the original narrow gauge line built in 1948,^[2] as well as to the new standard gauge line opened in 2017.^[3]

While the original line was 77.2 km (48.0 mi),^[1] the new standard gauge line is considerably shorter at 64 km (40 mi).^[4]