Pyongbu Line

P'yŏngbu Line
Overview
Native name 평부선(平釜線)
Type Heavy rail, Regional rail
passenger/freight
Status Opreational
Termini Pyongyang
Kaesong
Stations 26
Operation
Opening 1905 (The first opening)
April 1, 1908 (The opening for passengers)
Owner State Railway
Operator(s) State Railway
Technical
Line length 187.3 km (116.4 mi)
No. of tracks single track for the entire length
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 3000 V DC Catenary
Route map
Legend
 P'yŏngŭi Line, P'yŏngnam Line
 0.0 P'yŏngyang
 Taedong River
 2.6 Taedonggang
P'yŏngdŏk Line
 Pyongyang–Wonsan Motorway
 Rakrang Branch
 10.5 Ryokpo
 ↑P'yŏngyang/Chunghwa↓
 17.8 Chunghwa
 ↑Chunghwa/Hwangju↓
 24.4 Hukkyo
 Kindung
 Songrim Line
 36.5 Hwangju
 46.7 Chimchon
 Reunification Highway
 ↑Hwangju/Sariwon↓
 53.8 Chongbangni
 60.5 Sariwon Chongnyon
 Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
 65.1 East Sariwon
 ↑Sariwon/Pongsan↓
 70.5 Pongsan
 77.5 Chonggye
 85.4 Hungsu
 ↑Pongsan/Sohung↓
 90.2 Munmu
 Reunification Highway
 100.6 Sohung
 107.4 Sinmak
 ↑Sohung/Pyongsan↓
 117.9 Mulgae
 126.7 Pyongsan
 Ch'ŏngnyŏn Ich'ŏn Line
 135.3 Taebaeksansong
 141.0 Hanpo
 ↑Pyongsan, Ryesong River
 ↓Kumchon
 151.3 Kumchon
 Reunification Highway
 163.2 Kyejong
 ↑Kumchon/Kaepung↓
 170.4 Ryohyon
 For Yonan
 178.2 Kaepung
 ↑Kaepung/Kaesong↓
 Reunification Highway
 187.3 Kaesong
 Reunification Highway
 Sonha
 195.1 Pongdong
 197.6 Panmun
 ↑DPRK/ROK↓
 202.9 Jangdan Closed in 1950
 204.9 Dorasan
 Gyeongui Line
Pyongbu Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 평부선
Hancha 平釜線
Revised Romanization Pyeongbuseon
McCune–Reischauer P'yŏngbusŏn

The P'yŏngbu Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the North Korean State Railway running from P'yŏngyang to Kaesŏng.[1]

The line is the southern continuation of the P'yŏngŭi Line. It theoretically connects P'yŏngyang to Busan in South Korea but, in reality, it ends at Kaesong because of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. In 2007 the connection to South Korea via Dorasan was reopened, and for a number of years freight trains from the south to the Kaesŏng Industrial District and passenger trains to the Mount Kumgang Tourist Region were operated, but these have since been suspended.

List of Stations

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified. The List was written according to the reference published in 1937.[2]

P'yŏngbu Line tracks at Dorasan station in the DMZ.

The main Line

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 P'yŏngyang 평양 P'yŏngŭi Line, P'yŏngra Line
2.6 Taedonggang 대동강 P'yŏngdŏk Line
10.5 Ryŏkp'o 력포 Rakrang Branch
17.8 Chunghwa 중화
24.4 Hŭkkyo 흑교
Kindung 긴등
36.5 Hwangju 황주 Songrim Line
46.7 Chimchon 침촌
53.8 Chŏngbangni 정방리
60.5 Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn 사리원청년 Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
65.1 East Sariwŏn 동사리원
70.5 Pongsan 봉산
77.5 Ch'ŏnggye 청계
85.4 Hŭngsu 흥수
90.2 Munmu 문무
100.6 Sŏhŭng 서흥
107.4 Sinmak 신막
117.9 Mulgae 물개
126.7 P'yŏngsan 평산 Ch'ŏngnyŏn Ich'ŏn Line
135.3 Taebaeksansŏng 태백산성
141.0 Hanp'o 한포
151.3 Kŭmch'ŏn 금천
163.2 Kyejŏng 계정
170.4 Ryŏhyŏn 려현
178.2 Kaep'ung 개풍
187.3 Kaesŏng 개성
v Below here not in regular use v
Sonha 손하
195.1 Pongdong 봉동
197.6 P'anmun 판문
== Demilitarized Zone == ==
204.9 Dorasan, Gyeongui Line 도라산
...
260.7 Seoul, Gyeongui Line 서울 Gyeongbu Line, Gyeongbu KTX, Line 1, Line 4, AREX

Rakrang Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
Ryŏkp'o 력포 P'yŏngbu Line
Rakrang 락랑

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ Ministry of Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations), pp. 483~484