Paechon Line

Paechon Line
Overview
Other name(s) Tohae Line
Native name 배천선(白川線)
Type Heavy rail, Passenger/Freight
Regional rail
Status Operational
Locale South Hwanghae
Termini Changbang
Ŭnbit
Stations 11
Operation
Opened Stages between 1931 - ?
Owner Korean State Railway
Operator(s) Korean State Railway
Technical
Line length 60 - 65 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)
Electrification 3000 V DC Overhead line
(Changbang - Ch'ŏngdan)
Route map
Legend
 Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
 Changbang
 Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
 ↑Haeju/Ch'ŏngdan↓
 11.5* Kalsan
 16.4* Naesung
 20.6* Ch'ŏngdan
Tŏktal Branch
Hwayang
24.1* Simgye
Tŏktal
 ↑Ch'ŏngdan/Yŏn'an↓
 28.8 Ch'ŏnt'ae
 33.8 Pungch'ŏn
 39.5 Ohyŏn
 45.2 Yŏn'an
 ↑Yŏn'an/Paech'ŏn↓
 50.7 Onjŏng
 54.8 Mugu
 58.2 Honghyŏn
 61.9 Paech'ŏn
66.9 Sŏngho
Ŭnbit
↑Paech'ŏn/Kaep'ung↓
Ryesŏng River
72.2* Ryesŏnggang

P'yŏngbu Line
 79.2* Kaep'ung
 P'yŏngbu Line
Paechon Line
Chosŏn'gŭl 배천선
Hancha 白川線
Revised Romanization Baecheonseon
McCune–Reischauer Paech'ŏnsŏn

The Paech'ŏn Line is a partially electrified standard-gauge secondary line of the North Korean State Railway running from Changbang on the Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line to Ŭnbit.[1]

History

This line was constructed by the private railway company Chosen Tetsudou (朝鮮鉄道) as the part of the 'Hwanghae Line'. On 21 December 1931 the section from East Haeju - Yŏn'an was opened with a track gauge of 762 mm. On 1 April 1944 the line was nationalised along with the rest of the Hwanghae Line and was renamed 'Tohae Line'.[2]

Section of line Length Opened
East Haeju–Yŏn'an 45.1 km 21 December 1931
Yŏn'an–Tosŏng (Kaep'ung) 34.1 km 1 September 1932
Haeju–East Haeju 2.3 km 1 July 1933

After the end of the Second world war part of the Tohae Line ended up in South Korea, and passenger trains were running between Tosŏng and Ch'ŏngdan.[3] However, at the end of the Korean War the line became part of the North Korean rail system. During the war, the bridge over the Ryesong River was destroyed and was never rebuilt, therefore the line was shortened. In the 1950s the name of the line was changed to the 'Paech'ŏn Line' and the railway was rebuilt to standard gauge.

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 Changbang 장방 Hwanghae Ch'ŏngnyŏn Line
11.5 Kalsan 갈산
20.5 Ch'ŏngdan 청단 Tŏkdal Branch
28.7 Ch'ŏnt'ae 천태
33.7 P'ungch'ŏn 풍천
39.4 Ohyŏn 오현
45.1 Yŏn'an 연안
50.6 Onjŏng 온정
58.2 Honghyŏn 홍현
62.5 Paech'ŏn 배천
64.4 Ŭnbit 은빛

Tŏktal Branch

Not electrified.

Distance Station Name (Transcribed) Station Name (Chosŏn'gŭl) Connections
Ch'ŏngdan 청단 Paech'ŏn Line
Hwayang 화양
Tŏktal 덕달

References

  1. ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), 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. 5143, 29 March 1944
  3. ↑ 百年の鉄道旅行(The railway travel-100 years): The situation of the division of Korea

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