Ryongsong Line

Ryongsŏng Line
Overview
Native name 룡성선(龍城線)
Type Heavy rail, Passenger/freight rail
Intercity rail, Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale P'yŏngyang
Termini Sŏp'o
Tongbungri
Stations 4
Operation
Opened 1 November 1927
Owner Korean State Railway
Operator(s) Korean State Railway
Depot(s) Ryongsŏng
(for Leader's trains)
Technical
Line length 15.3 km (9.5 mi)
Number of tracks Single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3000 V DC Overhead line
Route map
Legend
P'yŏngŭi Line
0.0 Sŏp'o
P'yŏngŭi Line
Pyongyang-Hyangsan Motorway
P'yŏngŭi Line
Ryongsŏng Bearing Factory

Residence No. 55

Residence No. 55
San'um
6.0 Ryongsŏng(Ryongsŏng Meat Processing Factory)
P'yŏngŭi Line
Hapchang River
13.1 Saedong(Maram Materials Corp.)

P'yŏngra Line
15.3 Tongbungri
P'yŏngra Line
Ryongsong Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 룡성선
Hancha 龍城線
Revised Romanization Ryongseongseon
McCune–Reischauer Ryongsŏngsŏn

The Ryongsŏng Line is an electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the Korean State Railway in P'yŏngyang, North Korea, running from Sŏp'o on the P'yŏngŭi Line to Tongbungri on the P'yŏngra Line.[1] From Ryongsŏng, this line also has a line connecting to the private railway station attached to Residence No. 55, the primary residence of Kim Jong-un. The maintenance facilities for the North Korean leaders' trains are also located at Ryongsŏng Station.

History

The line was originally opened by the Chosen Government Railway on 1 November 1927 as part of the first section of the former P'yŏngwŏn Line from Sŏp'o to Sainjang (nowadays called P'yŏngsŏng Station).[2] After the establishment of the DPRK, the Korean State Railway created the P'yŏngra Line by merging the P'yŏngwŏn Line with parts of the Hamgyŏng and Ch'ŏngra lines, at which time the Sŏp'o—Tongbungri section of the former P'yŏngwŏn Line was separated to create the current Ryongsŏng Line.

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 Sŏp'o 서포 P'yŏngŭi Line
6.0 Ryongsŏng 룡성
13.1 Saedong 새동
15.3 Tongbungri 동북리 P'yŏngra Line

San'um Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 San'um 산움 P'yŏngŭi Line
No. 55 Residence 55호 관저

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. p. 29. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
  2. ↑ 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 243, 20 October 1927

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