Tasado Line

Tasado Line
Overview
Native name 다사도선(多獅島線)
Type Heavy rail, Regional rail
Passenger/Freight
Status Operational
Locale North Pyongan
Termini Ryongch'ǒn
Tasado Port
Stations 6
Operation
Opening 31 October 1939
Owner Korean State Railway
Operator(s) Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 24.1 km (15.0 mi)
No. of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
Legend
 Pyongui Line
 0.0 Ryongch'ǒn
 Pyongui Line
 5.7 Pukchung
 10.5 Ryongamp'o
13.2 Deokpong (Closed)
 ↑Ryongchon/Yomju↓
 17.1 Sinjǒng-ri (Former Buri)
 20.5 Tasado
 23.1 West Tasado (Closed)
 24.1 Tasado Port
Tasado Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 다사도선
Hancha 多獅島線
Revised Romanization Dasadoseon
McCune–Reischauer Tasadosŏn

The Tasado Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the North Korean State Railway running from Ryongch'ŏn on the P'yŏngŭi Line to Tasado.[1]

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

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 Ryongch'ŏn 룡천 P'yŏngŭi Line
5.7 Pukchung 북중
10.5 Ryongamp'o 룡암포
Sinjŏng-ri 신정리
20.5 Tasado 다사도
24.1 Tasado Port 다사도항

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6