Unnyul Line

Unnyul Line
Overview
Native name 은률선(殷栗線)
Type Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight
Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale North Hwanghae
South Hwanghae
Termini Unpa
Cholgwang
Stations 18
Operation
Opening Stages between 1920-?
Closed The exact date is unknown.
(Sariwon Ch'ŏngnyŏn - Chaeryong)
Owner Korean State Railway
Operator(s) Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 120 km (estimated)
No. 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)
(Sariwon Ch'ŏngnyŏn - Sugyo)
Route map
Legend
 Operating points and lines[1] 
Pyongbu Line
0.0 Sariwon Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line, Pyongbu Line
1.5 West Sariwon Closed
3.6 Migok Closed
↑Sariwon/Unpa↓
8.1 Seojong Closed
Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
Ŭnp'a
Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
Yangdong
11.9 Samgang Closed
Sahae Line
↑Unpa/Chaeryong↓
Kŭmsan
16.0 Kŭmsan Closed

21.5 Chaeryŏng
 ↑Chaeryong/Sinchon↓
 25.0 Paeksŏk
 29.0 Changchon Closed
 32.4 Sinch'ŏn Onch'ŏn
 35.1 Sinch'ŏn
 41.2 Hwanghae Ryongmun
 ↑Sinchon/Samchon↓
 46.1 Munhwa Closed
 51.6 Samch'ŏn
 55.2 Gungheung Closed
 Wolbong
 58.4 Yachon Closed
 64.1 Sugyo
 ↑Samchon/Songhwa↓
 Changyon Line
 Songhwa
 ↑Songhwa/Kwail↓
 Sansu
 Kwail
 Sindae
 ↑Kwail/Unnyul↓
 Unnyul
 Kumsanpo
 Ch'ŏlgwang
 Ryongjŏng Branch closed
 Sŏhaekammun Line
  • The distance is based on the data of the year 1944.[2]
Unnyul Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 은률선
Hancha 殷栗線
Revised Romanization Eunnyulseon
McCune–Reischauer Ŭnnyulsŏn

The Ŭllyul Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the North Korean State Railway running from Ŭnp'a on the Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line to Ch'ŏlgwang on the Sŏhaekammun Line.[3]

A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified; a pink background indicates that section is 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge; an orange background indicates that section is non-electrified narrow gauge.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
Ŭnp'a 은파 Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
Yangdong 양동
Kŭmsan 금산
21.5 Chaeryŏng 재령
25.0 Paeksŏk 백석
32.4 Sinch'ŏn Onch'ŏn 신천 온천
35.1 Sinch'ŏn 신천
41.3 Hwanghae Ryongmun 황해 룡문
51.7 Samch'ŏn 삼천
Wŏlbong 월봉
64.1 Sugyo 수교 Changyŏn Line
Songhwa 송화
Sansu 산수
Kwail 과일
Sindae 신대
Ŭnnyul 은률
Kŭmsanp'o 금산포
Ch'ŏlgwang 철광 Ryongjŏng Branch, Sŏhaekammun Line

Ryongjŏng Branch

762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge, not electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
Ch'ŏlgwang 철광 Ŭllyul Line, Sŏhaekammun Line
Sŏhae-ri 서해리
Chŏngmunch'on 정문촌
Ryongjŏng 룡정

References

  1. ↑ 百年の鉄道旅行(The railway travel-100 years): The map of Sariwon, scale 1:50000, 1977
  2. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 5143, 29 March 1944
  3. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), 2007, Tokyo, ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6