Pyongbu Line

P'yŏngbu Line
Overview
Native name 평부선(平釜線)
Type Heavy rail, Regional rail
passenger/freight
Status Opreational
Termini Pyongyang
Kaesong
Stations 26
Operation
Opened 1905 (The first opening)
April 1, 1908 (The opening for passengers)
Owner State Railway
Operator(s) State Railway
Technical
Line length 187.3 km (116.4 mi)
No. of tracks single track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 3000 V DC Overhead line
Route map

Legend
 P'yŏngŭi Line, P'yŏngnam Line
 0.0 P'yŏngyang
 Taedong River
 2.6 Taedonggang
 Former P'yŏngyang Mine Line[1]
P'yŏngdŏk Line
 Pyongyang–Wonsan Motorway
Rangrang Branch
10.5 Ryŏkp'o
Rangrang
 ↑P'yŏngyang/Chunghwa↓
 17.8 Chunghwa
 ↑Chunghwa/Hwangju↓
 24.4 Hŭkkyo
 31.1 Kindŭng
 Songrim Line
 36.5 Hwangju
 46.7 Ch'imch'on
 Reunification Highway
 ↑Hwangju/Sariwŏn↓
 53.8 Chongbang-ri
 Changyon Line (Ŭllyul Line)
 60.5 Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn
 Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
 65.1 East Sariwŏn
 ↑Sariwŏn/Pongsan↓
 70.5 Pongsan
Pongsan Branch
West Pongsan
 77.5 Ch'ŏnggye
 85.4 Hŭngsu
 ↑Pongsan/Sŏhŭng↓
 90.2 Munmu
 Reunification Highway
 100.6 Sŏhŭng
 107.4 Sinmak
 ↑Sŏhŭng/Pyongsan↓
 117.9 Mulgae
 126.7 P'yŏngsan
 Ch'ŏngnyŏn Ich'ŏn Line
 135.3 Taebaeksansŏng
 141.0 Hanp'o
 ↑Pyŏngsan
 Ryesŏng River
 ↓Kŭmch'ŏn
 151.3 Kŭmch'ŏn
Reunification Highway
 163.2 Kyejŏng
 ↑Kŭmch'ŏn/Kaep'ung↓
 170.4 Ryŏhyŏn
 Former T'ohae Line
 178.2 Kaep'ung
 ↑Kaep'ung/Kaesŏng↓
 Reunification Highway
 187.3 Kaesŏng
 Reunification Highway
 191.2 Sonha
 195.1 Pongdong
 197.6 P'anmun
 ↑DPRK
 DMZ
 ↓ROK
 202.9 Changdan Until 1950
 204.6 Dorasan
 Gyeongui Line
Pyongbu Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 평부선
Hancha 平釜線
Revised Romanization Pyeongbuseon
McCune–Reischauer P'yŏngbusŏn

The P'yŏngbu Line is an electrified standard-gauge trunk line of the North Korean State Railway running from P'yŏngyang to Kaesŏng.[2]

The line is the southern continuation of the P'yŏngŭi Line. It theoretically connects P'yŏngyang to Busan in South Korea but, in reality, it ends at Kaesŏng because of the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

History

The line was originally a part of the Kyŏngŭi Line and opened in 1905. During the period of Japanese rule international trains were running on the railway from Pusan to Fungtian (Shenyang). After the independence of Korea the Kyŏngŭi Line was divided into three sections and the railway between Sariwŏn Station and the 38th parallel was closed by the military of the Soviet Union.[2][3] Before the Korean War the passenger trains of South Korea were running from Yongsan to T'osŏng (Kaep'ung).[3] After the end of the war the southern terminus of the line was changed to the Kaesŏng Station.[2]

In 2007 the section Kaesŏng–Dorasan was reopened for the connection to South Korea, and for a number of years freight trains from the south to the Kaesŏng Industrial District and passenger trains to the Mount Kumgang Tourist Region were operated, but these have since been suspended. The first of these freight trains ran on 11 December 2007, carrying construction materials from Munsan in the South to Kaesong, and footwear and clothing on the return trip to the South.[4]

Services

The following passenger trains are known to operate on the North Korean section of the line:[2]

Route

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

P'yŏngbu Line tracks at Dorasan station in the DMZ.
Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 P'yŏngyang 평양 P'yŏngŭi Line, P'yŏngra Line
2.6 Taedonggang 대동강 P'yŏngdŏk Line
10.5 Ryŏkp'o 력포 Rangrang Branch
17.8 Chunghwa 중화
24.4 Hŭkkyo 흑교
31.1 Kindŭng 긴등
36.5 Hwangju 황주 Songrim Line
46.7 Ch'imch'on 침촌
53.8 Chŏngbang-ri 정방리
60.5 Sariwŏn Ch'ŏngnyŏn 사리원청년 Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
65.1 East Sariwŏn 동사리원
70.5 Pongsan 봉산 Pongsan Branch
77.5 Ch'ŏnggye 청계
85.4 Hŭngsu 흥수
90.2 Munmu 문무
100.6 Sŏhŭng 서흥
107.4 Sinmak 신막
117.9 Mulgae 물개
126.7 P'yŏngsan 평산 Ch'ŏngnyŏn Ich'ŏn Line
135.3 Taebaeksansŏng 태백산성
141.0 Hanp'o 한포
151.3 Kŭmch'ŏn 금천
163.2 Kyejŏng 계정
170.4 Ryŏhyŏn 려현
178.2 Kaep'ung 개풍
187.3 Kaesŏng 개성
Tracks past Kaesŏng not in regular use
191.2 Sonha 손하
195.1 Pongdong 봉동
197.6 P'anmun 판문
Demilitarized Zone
204.9 Dorasan, Gyeongui Line 도라산
...
260.7 Seoul, Gyeongui Line 서울 Gyeongbu Line, Gyeongbu KTX, , ,

Rangrang Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
Ryŏkp'o 력포 P'yŏngbu Line
Rangrang 락랑

Pongsan Branch

Electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
0.0 Pongsan 봉산 P'yŏngbu Line
2.5 West Pongsan 서봉산

References

  1. ↑ 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), Tokyo, Kawaguchi Printing Company, pp. 483–484
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kokubu, Hayato (2007), 将軍様の鉄道 (The railway of the general), Tokyo, Shinchosha, ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
  3. 1 2 百年の鉄道旅行 (The railway travel for 100 years): The situation of the division of Korea (in Japanese)
  4. ↑ http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/freight-crosses-the-korean-divide.html
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