Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line

Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
Overview
Native name 황해청년선(黄海青年線)
Type Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight
Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale North Hwanghae
South Hwanghae
Termini Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Haeju Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Stations 14
Operation
Opened Stages between 1925-?
Owner Korean State Railway
Operator(s) Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 80 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)
(Hasŏng - Haeju)
Electrification 3000 V DC Catenary
Route map
Legend
 Changyon Line, P'yŏngbu Line
 0.0 Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn
 P'yŏngbu Line
 ↑Sariwŏn/Pongsan↓
 Songsan
 ↑Pongsan/Ŭnp'a↓
 13.6 Ŭnp'a
 Ŭllyul Line
 Mukch'ŏn
 Ŏsa
 ↑Ŭnp'a/Sinwŏn↓
 Unyang (Hasŏng)
?
0.0
 Hasŏng
 2.0 Sindŏk Closed
 Former Line
 42.6 Sinwŏn
 Ch'ilmansan
 49.5 Yŏmt'an
 57.8 Sinjumak
 ↑Sinwon/Haeju↓
 64.6 Hakhyŏn

Paech'ŏn Line
71.0 Changbang
Nyŏngyang (1930-?)
?
33.9
 East Haeju
 Ongjin Line
 73.3 Haeju Ch'ŏngnyŏn
 36.2 Haeju
 Ongjin Line

Former Samgang-Sinwŏn and Naeto Lines[1]

 Changyŏn Line
 0.0 Samgang
 Changyŏn Line
 Ŭllyul Line
 6.0 Kwangtan
 ↑Ŭnp'a/Chaeryŏng↓
 10.8 Sŏktan
 12.9 Hwasan
15.0 Naeto
 16.2 Changsusan
 20.9 Miryŏk
 ↑Chaeryŏng/Sinwŏn↓
 Main line
 42.6 Sinwŏn
 Main line
Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 황해 청년선
Hancha 黄海 青年線
Revised Romanization Hwanghae Cheongnyeonseon
McCune–Reischauer Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏnsŏn

The Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the North Korean State Railway running from Sariwŏn on the P'yŏngbu Line to Haeju on the Ongjin Line.[2]

Services

The following passenger trains are known to operate on this line:[2]

Route

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 Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn 사리원청년 P'yŏngbu Line
Songsan 송산
13.6 Ŭnp'a 은파 Ŭllyul Line
Mukch'ŏn 묵천
Ŏsa 어사
Unyang 운양
Hasŏng 하성
42.6 Sinwon 신원
Ch'ilmansan 칠만산
49.5 Yŏmt'an 염탄
57.8 Sinjumak 신주막
64.6 Hakhyŏn 학현
71.0 Changbang 장방 Paech'ŏn Line
73.3 Haeju Ch'ŏngnyŏn 해주청년 Ongjin Line

References

  1. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 5143, 29 March 1944
  2. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6


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