Toksong Line

Toksong Line
Overview
Native name	덕성선(德城線)
Type	Heavy rail, Regional rail
Status	Operarional
Locale	Pukchong County Toksong County
Termini	Sinbukch'ŏng Sangni
Stations	12
Operation
Opening	20 Sep. 1929 (The first opening)
Owner	Korean State Railway
Operator(s)	Korean State Railway
Technical
No. of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend P'yŏngra Line 0.0 Sinbukch'ŏng P'yŏngra Line 4.4 Ryangga 9.4 Pukch'ŏng Rahadae ↑Pukchong/Toksong↓ Tŏksŏng Juuidong Yangsung Top'yŏng Samgi Songjung Sangil Sangni

The Tŏksŏng Line previously known as Pukch'ŏng Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the North Korean State Railway running from Sinbukch'ŏng on the P'yŏngra Line to Sangni.^[1]

History

On 20 September 1929 the Interval between Sinbukch'ŏng and Pukch'ŏng was opened at first by the Government Railways of Chosen(朝鮮総督府鉄道). In the 1940s the extension of the railway had been planned, but the construction was stopped because of the defeat of Japan in the Pacific War. It is known that the present interval was completed about the year of 1980.

List of Stations

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

References

• 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), p501

Tŏksŏng Line Sinbukch'ŏng Pukch'ŏng Tŏksŏng Top'yŏng Samgi Songjung Sangni