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 1⁄2 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 ? 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

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:

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:

Services

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

• Semi-express trains 117/118, operating between Taedonggang and P'yŏnggang, run on this line between Taedonggang and Sinsŏngch'ŏn;
• Semi-express trains 138-139/140-141, operating between Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Changyŏn, run on this line between Kujang and Taedonggang;
• Regional trains 226-227/228-229, operating between Tŏkch'ŏn and P'yŏngnam Onch'ŏn, run on this line between Tŏkch'ŏn and P'yŏngyang;
• Regional trains 231/232 operate between Taedonggang and T'ŏkch'ŏn;
• Regional trains 236-237/238-239, operating between Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn and T'ŏkch'ŏn, run on this line between Taedonggang and Tŏkch'ŏn;
• Local trains 302-303/304-305, operating between Sunan and Kangdong, run on this line between P'yŏngyang and Kangdong;
• Local trains 702/703 and 704/705, operate between East P'yŏngyang and Myŏngdang;
• Local trains 723/724 operate between Tŏkch'ŏn and Hyŏngbong;
• Local trains 781/782 operate between Tŏkch'ŏn and Kujang.

Route

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

Myŏngdang Branch

Electrified.

Kobi Branch

Electrified.

Tŏksan Branch

Electrified.

Taeri Branch

Electrified.

Ryŏngdae Branch

Electrified.

Chedong Branch

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

Solgol Branch

Electrified.

Kwanha Branch

Not electrified.

Sŏksan Branch

Electrified.

Myŏnghak Branch

Electrified.

Ingp'o Branch

Electrified.

Tŏngnam Branch

Electrified.

Hyŏngbong Branch

Electrified.

Sinsŏng Branch

Electrified.

Hoedun Branch

Electrified.

Sŏch'an Branch

Electrified.

Changsang Branch

Electrified.

References

• Japanese Government Railways (1937), 鉄道停車場一覧. 昭和12年10月1日現在(The List of the Stations as of 1 October 1937), Kawaguchi Printing Company, Tokyo, p 486

P'yŏngdŏk Line Mainline P'yŏngyang Taedonggang East P'yŏngyang Songsin Mirim Ch'ŏngryong Ripsŏk-ri Sŭngho-ri Mandal-li Hwach'ŏn Kŭmok Songga Samdŭng Hŭngryŏng Sŏngnŭm Kangdong Paegwŏn Sŏngch'ŏn Samdŏk Sinsŏngch'ŏn Kŭmp'yŏng Wŏnch'ang Kujŏng Songnam Ch'ŏngnyŏn Kach'ang Pukch'ang Okch'ŏn Kuhyŏn Hoe'an Namdŏk Chenam South Tŏkch'ŏn Tŏkch'ŏn Hyangwŏn Tuillyŏng Hamga Kujang Ch'ŏngnyŏn Myŏngdang Branch Ch'ŏngryong Rihyŏn Taewŏn Myŏngdang Kobi Branch Ripsŏk-ri Kobi Tŏksan Branch Songga Tŏksan Taeri Branch Samdŭng Taeri Ryŏngdae Branch Wŏnch'ang Ryŏngdae Chedong Branch Kujŏng Chedong Solgol Branch Songnam Ch'ŏngnyŏn Solgol Kwanha Branch Pukch'ang Kwanha Sŏksan Branch Pukch'ang Yangch'on Ryongsan Tŭkchang Sŏksan Myŏnghak Branch Tŭkchang Myŏnghak Ingp'o Branch Kuhyŏn Ingp'o Tŏngnam Branch Namdŏkch'ŏn Tŏngnam Hyŏngbong Branch Tŏkch'ŏn West Tŏkch'ŏn Ch'ŏlgisan Hyŏngbong Sinsŏng Branch West Tŏkch'ŏn Sinsŏng Hoedun Branch Ch'ŏlgisan Hoedun Sŏch'ang Branch Ch'ŏlgisan Sŏch'ang Changsang Branch Hyangwŏn Changsang