Kumgangsan Chongnyon Line

Kumgangsan Chongnyon Line
Overview
Other name(s)	Tonghae Pukpu Line 동해북부선(東海北部線)
Native name	금강산청년선(金剛山靑年線)
Type	Heavy rail, Passenger/freight rail Regional rail
Status	Operarional
Locale	Kangwon
Termini	Anbyŏn Kamho
Stations	17
Operation
Opened	Stages between 1929-1937
Closed	1950 (Samilp'o - Jejin)
Owner	Korean State Railway
Operator(s)	Korean State Railway
Events
reopening	1996
Technical
Line length	114 km (Estimated)
No. of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3000 V DC Overhead line (Anbyŏn - Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn)
Route map Legend Kangwŏn Line 0.0 Anbyŏn Kangwŏn Line 8.9 Ogye 14.9 Sangŭm Ch'ŏngnyŏn ↑Anbyŏn/T'ongch'ŏn↓ 25.2 Tongjŏngho 31.4 Myŏnggo 38.0 Kŭmbonggang 47.4 Sijungho 54.3 T'ongch'ŏn 61.0 Tonghae 65.1 Pyŏgŭng Closed ↑T'ongch'ŏn/Kosŏng↓ 70.2 Ryŏmsŏng 75.7 Tup'o 86.2 Nam'ae Onjŏng-ri 93.2 Kosŏng 101.0 Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn 109.2 Samilp'o 114.8 Kamho ↑DPRK DMZ ↓ROK 125.9 Jejin Donghae Bukbu Line

Kumgangsan Chongnyon Line
Chosŏn'gŭl	금강산청년선
Hancha	金剛山青年線
Revised Romanization	Geumgangsancheongnyeonseon
McCune–Reischauer	Kŭmgangsanch'ŏngnyŏnsŏn

The Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the North Korean State Railway running from Anbyŏn to Kamho.^[1]

The line was formerly part of the Tonghae Pukpu line that ran from Anbyŏn to Yangyang (nowadays in South Korea). The section between Mount Kumgang and Jejin was out of service from the partition of Korea until 2007, when it was reopened for passenger trains from the south to the Mount Kumgang Tourist Region; it was closed again after the shooting of a South Korean tourist by a KPA soldier.

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	Anbyŏn	안변	Kangwŏn Line
8.9	Ogye	오계
14.9	Sangŭm Ch'ŏngnyŏn	상음 청년
25.2	Tongjŏngho	동정호
31.4	Myŏnggo	명고
38.0	Kŭmbonggang	금봉강
47.4	Sijungho	시중호
54.3	T'ongch'ŏn	통천
61.0	Tonghae	동해
70.2	Ryŏmsŏng	렴성
75.7	Tup'o	두포
86.2	Nam'ae	남애
93.2	Kosŏng	고성
101.0	Kŭmgangsan	금강산
v	Below here not	in regular use	v
109.2	Samilp'o	삼일포
114.8	Kamho	감호
—	Demilitarised Zone	—	—
125.9	Jejin, ROK	제진	Donghae Bukbu Line

References

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