Changyon Line

Changyŏn Line
Overview
Native name 장연선(長淵線)
Type Heavy rail, Passenger rail
Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale South Hwanghae
Termini Sugyo
Changyŏn
Stations 4
Operation
Opened 21 January 1937
Owner Korean State Railway
Operator(s) Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 17.7 km (11.0 mi)
Number 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)
Route map

 P'yŏngbu Line
former Changyŏn Line
0.0 Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn

P'yŏngbu Line
Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
1.5 West Sariwŏn Closed
3.6 Migŏk Closed
8.2 Sŏjong Closed
Ŭnnyul Line
11.9 Samgang Closed

Sahae Line
16.0 Kŭmsan Closed
Ŭnnyul Line
-42.6
21.5
 Chaeryŏng
Ŭnnyul Line

0.0
64.1
 Sugyo

↑Samch'ŏn-gun/Songhwa-gun↓

Ŭnnyul Line

4.7
68.8
 Songhwa Onch'ŏn

Namdaech'ŏn

↑Songhwa-gun/Changyŏn-gun↓

Ragyŏn Immortality Column
10.3
74.4
 Ragyŏn

Namdaech'ŏn
13.7
77.8
 Nakto Closed

17.7
81.8
 ChangyŏnChangyŏn town
Engine house
Changyon Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 장연선
Hancha 長淵線
Revised Romanization Jangyeon-seon
McCune–Reischauer Changyŏn-sŏn

The Changyŏn Line is a non-electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway running from Sugyo on the Ŭnnyul Line to Changyŏn, South Hwanghae Province, North Korea.[1]

History

This line was originally opened on 21 January 1937 as part of the Chosen Railway's 762 mm (30.0 in) narrow gauge Hwanghae Line network,[2] as an extension to the Sariwŏn—Sanghae (renamed Samgang after nationalisation)—Sugyo line. The entirety of the Hwanghae Line network was nationalised on 1 April 1944 and absorbed by the Chosen Government Railway, which then split the Hwanghae Line network into separate lines, with the Sariwon—Sugyo—Changyŏn line becoming the Changyŏn Line.[3]

After the end of the Pacific War, the Changyŏn Line ended up in North Korea as a result of the subsequent partition of Korea. After the end of the Korean War the Railway Ministry of the DPRK began to expand and improve its network, including in South Hwanghae, leading to the opening of a line from Sugyo to Ch'ŏlgwang in 1961.[4] With the opening of the new line, the Sariwŏn—Sugyo—Ch'ŏlgwang line was named Ŭnnyul Line, leaving the Changyŏn Line as just the short branch from Sugyo to Changyŏn. This line was converted to standard gauge in 1971.[4]

Services

Semi-express passenger trains 138-139/140-141 operating between Manp'o and Changyŏn serve the entirety of this line from Sugyo to Changyŏn.[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
0.0 Sugyo 수교 Ŭllyul Line
4.7 Songhwa Onch'ŏn 송화 온천
10.3 Ragyŏn 락연
17.7 Changyŏn 장연

References

  1. 1 2 Kokubu, Hayato (2007), 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), Shinchosha, Tokyo, ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  2. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa Nr. 3009, 28 January 1937
  3. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Showa Nr. 5143, 29 March 1944
  4. 1 2 North Korea Geographic Information: Transportation Geography - Unnyul Line (in Korean)

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