Pyongdok Line

P'yŏngdŏk Line
Overview
Native name 평덕선(平德線)
Type Heavy rail, Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale P'yŏngyang
North Hwanghae
South Pyŏngan
North Pyŏngan
Termini Taedonggang
Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Stations 37
Operation
Opened Stages between 1911-?
Owner Korean State Railway
Operator(s) Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 190km (Estimated)
No. of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3000 V DC Catenary
Route map
Legend
P'yŏngŭi Line, P'yŏngnam Line
P'yŏngyang (Pyongyang Metro)
Taedong River
0.0 Taedonggang
P'yŏngbu Line
East P'yŏngyang
3.3‡ Sŏngyo-ri Closed
Songsin
7.5‡ Sadong Closed
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10.8‡
Mirim
16.7 Ch'ŏngryong
Pyongyang/Sŭngho
Myŏngdang Branch
Rihyŏn
21.1 Ripsŏk-ri
Taewŏn
Kobi Branch
Myŏngdang
23.3 Sŭngho-ri
Kobi
Mandal-li
31.3 Hwach'ŏn
Kŭmok
Sŭngho/Kangdong
39.2 Songga
Taeri Branch
45.6 Samdŭng
4.8 Taeri
49.0 Hŭngryŏng
53.0 Sŏngnŭm
61.5 Kangdong
Kangdong/Sŏngch'ŏn
69.5 Paegwŏn
76.0 Sundŏk Closed
78.7 Sŏngch'ŏn
Piryu River
85.7 Samdŏk
P'yŏngra Line
91.9 Sinsŏngch'ŏn
P'yŏngra Line
99.3 Kŭmp'yŏng
Sŏngch'ŏn/Ŭnsan
105.0 Wonch'ang
Ryŏngdae Branch
7.1 Ryŏngdae
108.6 Kujŏng
Chedong Branch
4.4 Chedong
Ŭnsan/Pukch'ang
111.1 Songnam Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Solgol Branch
4.4 Solgol
119.6 Kach'ang
Sŏksan Branch
Yangch'on
Pukch'ang
Ryongsan
Kwanha Branch
2.6 Kwanha
Okch'ŏn
Myŏnghak Branch
Kuhyŏn
Ingp'o Branch
17.7 Sŏksan
Pukch'ang/Tŭkchang
2.6 Myŏnghak
Ingp'o
Hoe'an
Pukch'ang/Tŏkch'ŏn
140.3 Namdŏk
Chenam
Namdŏkch'ŏn
Tŏngnam Branch
1.6 Tŏngnam
Taedong River
Tŏkch'ŏn
Hyŏngbong Branch
Sŏdŏkch'ŏn
Sinsŏng Branch
4.0 Sinsŏng
Hyangwŏn
Ch'ŏlgisan
Changsang Branch
1.9 Changsang
Hoedun Branch
Hoedun
Sŏch'an Branch
Hyŏngbong
Sŏch'an
Tuillyŏng
Tŏkch'ŏn/Kujang
Hamga
Kudan
Manp'o Line
Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn
Manp'o Line
Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'arwŏn Line
Pyongdok Line
Chosŏn'gŭl
Hancha
Revised Romanization Pyeongdeokseon
McCune–Reischauer P'yŏngdŏksŏn

The P'yŏngdŏk Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the North Korean State Railway running from P'yŏngyang to Kujang on the Manp'o and Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'alwŏn lines.[1]

On 21 October 2014 a groundbreaking ceremony for the Sŭngri ("Victory") project to modernise the P'yŏngnam Line from Namp'o to P'yŏngyang and the P'yŏngdŏk Line from P'yŏngyang to Chedong was held. The project, supported by Russia, is intended to form the first stage of a larger-scale cooperation with the Russian Railways as part of a 20-year development project that would modernise around 3,500 km of the North Korean rail network, and would include the construction of a north-south freight bypass around P'yŏngyang. The overall project cost is estimated to be around US $25 billion, and it is expected that exports of coal, rare earth and non-ferrous metals from the DPRK to Russia will provide the funding for the project.[2]

History


Pyongyang Mine Line (평양탄광선/平壤炭鑛線)

The line was originally a national rail line and constructed as a branch of the Gyeongui Line. In 1911 the first section was opened and until 1918 the line was extended as follows:

Date Section Length
1 September 1911 P'yŏngyang–Sadong 10.1 km
5 May 1918 Sadong–Sŭngho-ri 15.8 km

West Chosen Central Railway

Since 1939 several sections was constructed by the private railway company, Sŏsŏn Central Railway Co. Ltd. (서선중앙철도, 西鮮中央鐵道) Sŏsŏn (西鮮) means the West Chosun. The line was extended until 1945 as follows:

Date Section Length
29 June 1939 Sŭngho-ri–Sŏngnŭm 29.6 km
10 November 1939 Sŏngnŭm–P'yŏngnam Kangdong 8.5 km
1 October 1941 Sinsŏngch'ŏn–Pukch'ang
Kujŏng–Chedong
36.1 km
4.4 km
18 September 1942 P'yŏngnam Kangdong–Sinsŏngch'ŏn 30.3 km
28 December 1944 Pukch'ang–Okch'ŏn 5.9 km
15 May 1945 Okch'ŏn–Changan (Namdŏk) 6.4 km

Services

The following passenger trains are known to operate on this line:[1]

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
-2.6 P'yŏngyang 평양 P'yŏngŭi Line, P'yŏngnam Line
0.0 Taedonggang 대동강 P'yŏngbu Line
East P'yŏngyang 동평양
Songsin 송신
10.8 Mirim 미림
16.7 Ch'ŏngryong 청룡 Myŏngdang Branch
18.5 Ripsŏk-ri 립석리 Kobi Branch
23.3 Sŭngho-ri 승호리
Mandal-li 만달리
31.3 Hwach'ŏn 화천
Kŭmok 금옥
39.2 Songga 송가 Tŏksan Branch
45.7 Samdŭng 삼등 Taeri Branch
49.0 Hŭngryŏng 흑령
53.0 Sŏngnŭm 석름
61.5 Kangdong 강동
69.5 Paekwŏn 백원
78.7 Sŏngch'ŏn 성천
85.7 Samdŏk 삼덕
91.9 Sinsŏngch'ŏn 신성천 P'yŏngra Line
99.3 Kŭmp'yŏng 금평
105.0 Wŏnch'ang 원창 Ryŏngdae Branch
108.6 Kujŏng 구정 Chedong Branch
111.1 Songnam Ch'ŏngnyŏn 송남청년 Solgol Branch
119.6 Kach'ang 가창
Pukch'ang 북창 Kwanha Branch, Sŏksan Branch
Okch'ŏn 옥천
Kuhyŏn 구현 Ingp'o Branch
Hoe'an 회안
140.3 Namdŏk 남덕
Chenam 제남
Namdŏkch'ŏn 남덕천 Tŏngnam Branch
Tŏkch'ŏn 덕천 Hyŏngbong Branch
Hyangwŏn 향원 Changsang Branch
Tuillyŏng 두일령
Hamga 함가
Kudan 구단
Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn 구장청년 Manp'o Line, Ch'ŏngnyŏn P'alwŏn Line

Myŏngdang Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
Ch'ŏngryong 청룡 P'yŏngdŏk Line
Rihyŏn 리현
Taewŏn 대원
Myŏngdang 명당

Kobi Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
Ripsŏk-ri 립석리 P'yŏngdŏk Line
Kobi 고비

Tŏksan Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 Songga 송가 P'yŏngdŏk Line
1.7 Tŏksan 덕산

Taeri Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 Samdŭng 삼등 P'yŏngdŏk Line
4.8 Taeri 대리

Ryŏngdae Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 Wŏnch'ang 원창 P'yŏngdŏk Line
7.1 Ryŏngdae 령대

Chedong Branch

Electrified. This branch was opened on 1 October 1941 together with the opening of the section Sinsŏngch'ŏn–Pukch'ang.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 Kujŏng 구정 P'yŏngdŏk Line
4.4 Chedong 제동

Solgol Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 Songnam Ch'ŏngnyŏn 성남 청년 P'yŏngdŏk Line
4.4 Solgol 솔골

Kwanha Branch

Not electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 Pukch'ang 북창 P'yŏngdŏk Line, Sŏksan Branch
2.6 Kwanha 관하

Sŏksan Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
Pukch'ang 북창 P'yŏngdŏk Line, Kwanha Branch
Yangch'on 양촌
Ryongsan 룡산
Tŭkchang 득장 Myŏnghak Branch
17.7 Sŏksan 석산

Myŏnghak Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 Tŭkchang 득장 Sŏksan Branch
2.6 Myŏnghak 명학

Ingp'o Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
Kuhyŏng 구형 P'yŏngdŏk Line
Ingp'o 잉포

Tŏngnam Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 Namdŏkch'ŏn 남덕천 P'yŏngdŏk Line
1.6 Tŏngnam 덕남

Hyŏngbong Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
Tŏkch'ŏn 덕천 P'yŏngdŏk Line
West Tŏkch'ŏn (Sŏdŏkch'ŏn) 서덕천 Sinsŏng Branch
Ch'ŏlgisan 철기산 Hoedun Branch, Sŏch'an Branch
Hyŏngbong 형봉

Sinsŏng Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 West Tŏkch'ŏn (Sŏdŏkch'ŏn) 서덕천 Hyŏngbong Branch
4.0 Sinsŏng 신성

Hoedun Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
Ch'ŏlgisan 철기산 Hyŏngbong Branch, Sŏch'an Branch
Hoedun 회둔

Sŏch'an Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
Ch'ŏlgisan 철기산 Hyŏngbong Branch, Hoedun Branch
11.6 Sŏch'an 서찬 distance from Tŏkch'ŏn

Changsang Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 Hyangwŏn 향원 P'yŏngdŏk Line
1.9 Changsang 장상

References

  1. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/asia/single-view/view/north-korea-launches-victory-railway-upgrading.html

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