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]

• Express trains 15-16/17-18, operating between Haeju Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Manp'o Ch'ŏngnyŏn, run on this line between Haeju Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn;
• Semi-express trains 104-107/108-111, operating between Haeju Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Hyesan Ch'ŏngnyŏn, run on this line between Haeju Ch'ŏngnyŏn and Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn;
• Semi-express trains 119-122/120-121, operating between Sinch'ŏn and Ch'ŏngjin Ch'ŏngnyŏn, run on this line between Ŭnp'a and Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn.

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. Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6