Paengma Line

Paengma Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 백마선
Hancha 白馬線
Revised Romanization Baegmaseon
McCune–Reischauer Paengmaisŏn
Paengma Line
Overview
Native name 백마선(白馬線)
Type Heavy rail, Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale Yomju County
Pihyon County
Sinuiju
Termini Yomju
South Sinuiju
Stations 7
Operation
Opening 1905 (The first opening)
1. April 1908 (The opening for passengers)
Owner Korean State Railway
Operator(s) Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 39.6 km
No. of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
Legend
 P'yŏngŭi Line
 0.0 Yŏmju
P'yŏngŭi Line
↑Yonju/Pihyon↓
8.7 Ryangch'aek
16.5 P'ihyŏn
Ryonggye-ri
25.8 Paengma
↑Pihyon/Sinuiju↓
37.0 Soka
P'yŏngŭi Line
 39.6 South Sinŭiju
 Tŏkhyŏn Line, P'yŏngŭi Line

The Paengma Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the North Korean State Railway running from Yŏmju on the P'yŏngŭi Line to South Sinŭiju, likewise on the P'yŏngui line.[1]

History

The line is originally a part of Gyeongui Line and was opened in 1905. On 16. October 1943 the South Sinuiju Station became a connection station with the Yangsi Line,[2] which was opened on 1. April in the same year.[3] After the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea the Yangsi Line was merged into the P'yŏngŭi Line and this line was separated from the railway line between Pyongyang Station and Sinuiju Station.

List of Stations

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified.

Distance
(km)		 Station Name
(Transcribed)		 Station Name
(Chosŏn'gŭl)		 Connections
0.0 Yŏmju 염주 P'yŏngŭi Line
8.7 Ryangch'aek 량책
16.5 P'ihyŏn 피현
Ryonggye-ri 룡계리
25.8 Paengma 백마
37.0 Sŏkha 석하
39.6 South Sinŭiju (Namsinŭiju) 남신의주 P'yŏngŭi Line, Tŏkhyŏn Line

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), 14. October 1943
  3. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), 19. March 1943